A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.
A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract.
A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
An indentation; a recess.
To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
To bind a person under such a contract.