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cadastre

noun ca·das·tre \kə-ˈdas-tər\

Definition of CADASTRE

:  an official register of the quantity, value, and ownership of real estate used in apportioning taxes
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Origin of CADASTRE

French, from Italian catastro, from Old Italian catastico, from Late Greek katastichon notebook, from Greek kata by + stichos row, line — more at cata-, distich
First Known Use: 1804

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