probatoria

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prŏbātōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. epistula) [probo],

a letter of recommendation (from the emperor), a certificate of qualification (postclass.): sacra probatoria, Cod. Just. 12, 58, 2: emissa sacri scrinii probatoria, ib. 12, 60, 6; 12, 36, 7.