אִגֶּרֶת, , to join, v. esp. Snh. 11ᵇ; ושלש איגרות וכ׳) tablet, letter, brief, document. Git. IX, 3 (formula of a letter of divorce) ספר … וא׳ … וגט וכ׳. Ib. 85ᵇ ולא … איגרת … אלא אגרת one must not write (in the letter of divorce) egereth with אי׳ which might mean roof (v. אִיגָר), but &c. Keth. 64ᵃ; Y. Kidd. I, 59ᵃ bot. א׳ מרד a document stating a wife’s disobedience. Y. Meg. IV, 75ᵇ top; Y. Snh. I, 19ᵇ top א׳ ביקורת a document fixing the value of a property, v. אַכְרָזָה.—Pl. אִגָּרוֹת, אִיגָּרוֹת. M. Kat. III, 3 א׳ שׁל רשות secular, social correspondence, opp. religious correspondence; cmp. Y. ib. 82ᵃ bot.; [commentaries: documents of secular government, v. רָשׁוּת]. Ib.; B. Mets. I, 8 א׳ שׁום א׳ מזון documents relating to legal assessment and to alimony.