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mort d'ancestor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
mort d'ances-tor
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A case or writ relating to the recovery of an inherited estate that has been taken or occupied by another party following the death of a relative.

Obsolete; Uncountable

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman mordauncestre, from Old French mort d'ancestre (“death of ancestor”).

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Inflected Forms

mortdancester (alternative)

Questions

What does mort d'ancestor mean?
A case or writ relating to the recovery of an inherited estate that has been taken or occupied by another party following the death of a relative.
Where does mort d'ancestor come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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