gravamen

8 letters · noun · scores 2,200 in SpellHuntr

noun

A grievance complained of.

Gravamen in a sentence

In 1239, the bishops presented gravamina to the papal legate detailing 'prejudices of ecclesiastical liberty by the lord king and his bailiffs'.

Falsehood, which was in ordinary cases the gravamen of the complaint, was omitted altogether in the information against him.

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