Relating to diplomatics, or the study of old texts; paleographic.
Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments.
describing a publication of a text which follows a single basic manuscript, but with variants in other manuscripts noted in the critical apparatus
Concerning the relationships between the governments of countries.
The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.
Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
Complicated, especially of complex technology.
Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.