Associations to the word «Compurgator»

Wiktionary

COMPURGATOR, noun. (now historical) (legal) A character witness in canon law who swore an oath that the accused was innocent.
COMPURGATOR, noun. (historical) (legal) An ‘oath-helper’ in Anglo-Saxon or Germanic law who testified to the character of an accused person.
COMPURGATOR, noun. More generally, someone who vouches for another person's innocence, trustworthiness etc.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King