cedula

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See also: cédula and cèdula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cédula. Doublet of schedule and cedule.

Noun

cedula (plural cedulas)

  1. (Philippines) A community tax certificate, often used as a form of identification in the Philippines.
    • 1921, T.H. Pardo de Tavera, The Legacy of Ignorantism‎:
      "A certain man," it is said in the Novena of San Vicente (p. 15), "gave his soul to the devil with a certificate (cedula) signed by his own hand, and hearing the Saint preach, implored him to ask that the demon return it.
    • 1913, Austin Craig, Lineage, Life, and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot‎:
      His short residence in Barcelona was possibly for the purpose of correcting the irregularity in his passport, for in that town it would be easier to obtain a cedula, and with this his way in the national University would be made smoother.
    • 1912, Jose Rizal, The Social Cancer‎:
      The other, the one who was left to me, was not a coward like his father, so our persecutor was still fearful that he would wreak vengeance on him, and, under the pretext of his not having his cedula, which he had not carried with him just at that time, had him arrested by the Civil Guard, mistreated him, enraged and harassed him with insults until he was driven to suicide!
    • 1909, Francis Augustus MacNutt, Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings‎:
      The justified protests of Columbus found a hearing, and the man who had inflicted a supreme indignity upon him was recalled, Don Nicholas de Ovando being appointed by a royal cedula of September 3, 1501, to succeed him.
    • 1906, John Foreman, The Philippine Islands‎:
      --Property tax (7/8 per cent. of assessed value), industrial, cedula (poll tax of 1 peso for each male over 18 years), stamps, court fees, fines, sales of supplies to municipalities, and forestry collection.
  2. A South American promissory note or mortgage bond on lands.

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.du.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdula
  • Hyphenation: cè‧du‧la

Noun

cedula f (plural cedule)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of cedola

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

cedula f (genitive cedulae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of schedula

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cedula cedulae
genitive cedulae cedulārum
dative cedulae cedulīs
accusative cedulam cedulās
ablative cedulā cedulīs
vocative cedula cedulae

Descendants

References

  • cedula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cedula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • cedula in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Etymology 1

Noun

cedula f (plural cedulas)

  1. Archaic spelling of cédula.

Etymology 2

Verb

cedula

  1. inflection of cedular:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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