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contrafactor

contrafactor 1 impostor. s1283 in Alemannia quidam ~or ‥ se palam manifestans Fredericumque quondam Romanorum imperatorem ‥ se esse simulans ‥ Oxnead Chr. 263. 2 counterfeiter, forger: a (of money); b (of seal). a 1415 dum tamen iidem abbas et conventus controfactores mistere monete et cunagii multiplicatores et lotores auri et argenti cum cuneo nostro cunati ‥ non existant (Pat) Couch. Furness I 222; 1437 dumtamen idem A. controfactor mistere monete ‥ non existat RParl IV 504b.  b 1412 judicium pillorii pro tribus hominibus controfactoribus sigilli domini pape et aliorum dominorum Anglie (CalLB Lond I 105) MGL I 609.

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