Definitions for compter
compter

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1. compternoun

   a prison attached to a city court; a counter

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1. Compter

   A compter, sometimes referred to as a counter, was a type of small English prison controlled by a sheriff. The inmates were usually civil prisoners, for example dissenters and debtors. Examples of compters include London's Wood Street Compter, Poultry Compter, Giltspur Street Compter and Borough Compter and the lock-up over the Abbey Gateway, next to St Laurence's church, in Reading, Berkshire (this was the Compter Gate and the lock-up was known as the Compter). The Compter's Commonwealth (1617), by William Fennor, was a work written from the author's experience of imprisonment at London's Wood Street Compter, and is regarded by many historians as one of the principal primary sources for assessment of English 16th-century prison conditions.

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1. Compternoun

   a counter

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1. Compter

   A compter, sometimes referred to as a counter, was a type of small English prison controlled by a sheriff. The inmates were usually civil prisoners, for example dissenters and debtors. Examples of compters include London's Wood Street Counter, Poultry Compter, Giltspur Street Compter and Borough Compter and the lock-up over the Abbey Gateway, next to St Laurence's church, in Reading, Berkshire. The Compter’s Commonwealth, by William Fennor, was a work written from the author's experience of imprisonment at London's Wood Street compter, and is regarded by many historians as one of the principal primary sources for assessment of English 16th century prison conditions.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of compter in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of compter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Compter
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compter
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compter
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=compter