Main Entry: Mag·na Car·ta

Variant(s): also Mag·na Char·ta \ˈmag-nə-ˈkär-tə\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, literally, great charter

Date: 15th century

1 : a charter of liberties to which the English barons forced King John to give his assent in June 1215 at Runnymede
2 : a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges