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mortuary sword

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables
mor-tu-ary s-word
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A (typically two-edged) sword with a straight blade and a half-basket hilt, used in Britain especially during the English Civil War.

Etymology

In popular belief, so named because the hilts sometimes depict a face, which is commonly believed to be that of King Charles I, executed in 1649; in fact, swords of this type with that face were used by both sides of the conflict even before Charles was killed. An alternative explanation for the name is that many such swords were donated to churches when their wielders died, and used in funerary displays.

Inflected Forms

mortuary swords (plural)

Questions

What does mortuary sword mean?
A (typically two-edged) sword with a straight blade and a half-basket hilt, used in Britain especially during the English Civil War.
Where does mortuary sword come from?
In popular belief, so named because the hilts sometimes depict a face, which is commonly believed to be that of King Charles I, executed in 1649; in fact, swords of this type with that face were used by both sides of the conflict even before Charles was killed. An alternative explanation for the name is that many such swords were donated to churches when their wielders died, and used in funerary displays.

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