eschatocol

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ἔσχατοκολλον (éskhatokollon, “last sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from ἔσχατον (éskhaton) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).

Noun

eschatocol (plural eschatocols)

1. (diplomacy) The final section of a document, often involving a formulaic close (e.g. “Yours faithfully”), the date and location of writing, and information on the document's originators e.g. author, counter-signer, witnesses present, etc.
2. (Roman Catholicism) The concluding section of a liturgical preface, following the embolism.

Related terms

• protocol

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: eschatocol n
• Dutch: eschatocol n
• French: eschatocole (fr) m
• German: Eschatokoll n
• Italian: escatollo (it) m
• Spanish: escatocolo m

References

• Society of American Archivists
• The diplomatics of the Papal documents

Anagrams

• cacholotes, chocolates