Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bill of mortality

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: bil-l of -mor-tal-i-ty
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An official statement of the number of deaths in a place or district within a given time.

noun

A district required to be covered by such a statement.

Example Sentences

"[…] the legion of bills in the suit have been transformed into mere bills of mortality […]"
"(a place) within the bills of mortality of London"

Inflected Forms

bills of mortality (plural)

Questions

What does bill of mortality mean?: An official statement of the number of deaths in a place or district within a given time.

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