surviving document

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surviving
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/us
/sɚˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/
continuing to live ...
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document
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɒk.jə.mənt/us
/ˈdɑː.kjə.mənt/
a paper or set of papers with written or printed information, especially of an ...
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The exact date is not known, asurvivingdocumentdates from his death in 1700.
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Though thesurvivingdocumentitself is a forged copy from the 12th century, the mention is considered authentic.
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Asurvivingdocumentdated 981, but apparently misdated by a decade and actually from 991, reports that he had already died.
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Robert served as a magistrate in 1255, as attested by onesurvivingdocumentin the municipal archives.
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Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or (before 1558) is not recorded in asurvivingdocument, the entry "unknown" is entered in the table.
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Many of the surviving documents include his personal diaries.
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However, going by surviving documents and illustrations the wheelbarrow remained a relative rarity until the 15th century.
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He regularly carries the title count ("comes"), the highest in the kingdom, in surviving documents.
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Its contents are inferred from surviving documents, which are two contemporary copies and a draft.
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There are few surviving documents about events of his reign.
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It is one of the oldest surviving documents on religious freedom.
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No known copies of the pamphlet are extant, and related surviving documents do not relate the exact nature of the charges.
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It lists, and refutes, 80 heresies, some of which are not described in any other surviving documents from the time.
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Because of the lack of surviving documents, the results of the contest and the proposed designs are not known.
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According to one of the few surviving documents of the event, no one was hurt except a man who put out his burning breeches with a bottle of ale.
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As there are only three explicit references to folkland in surviving documents, few plausible definitions can be ruled out, so long as they satisfy the criterion of historical consistency.
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According to one of the few surviving documents of the event, no one was hurt except a man whose burning breeches were put out with a bottle of ale.
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According to surviving documents from the era, the red castle was quite small, and its walls were not capable of deterring an army intent on conquering.
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