Definition of "diplomatics" []

• The branch of paleography that deals with the study of old official documents and determines their age and authenticity. (noun)

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• "The word diplomatics, following a Continental usage which long ago found recognition in Mabillon's "De Re Diplomaticâ", has of late come to denote also in English the science of ancient official documents, more especially of those emanating from the chanceries of popes, kings, emperors, and other authorities possessing a recognized jurisdiction."
• "Will this type of diplomatics even be possible anymore?"
• "They want to pursue diplomatics, and be part of the negotiations, and at the same time, resource the resistance, resource the Shia militias that provide resistance to the coalition."