immatriculation

noun

im·​matriculation

ˌi+

: an act, state, or process of being enrolled (as in an official register)

lands on which a native title can be shown are put through a process of immatriculation; a tax is then levied

—F. M. Keesing

Word History

Etymology

probably from German immatrikulation, from Medieval Latin immatriculatus + German -ion

First Known Use

1678, in the meaning defined above

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