The proper Latin plural of gravamen; multiple serious or substantial parts of complaints or legal charges.
Latin plural form of gravamen, preserved in English legal and ecclesiastical texts, maintaining the original Latin declension system rather than Anglicizing the plural.
You'll see 'gravamina' in formal legal documents and church records where Latin formality was maintained—it marks the speaker as using proper Latin grammar, whereas 'gravamens' marks them as an English speaker adapting Latin.
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