paravail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: par-a-vail
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Meaning

adj

At the bottom; lowest (said of feudal tenants).

Example Sentences

"Of the estate adjoining Cottesford the paravail tenants were members of the family who took their name from that village, and were resident in it, de Cotfelde or[…]"
"The inferior, or paravail tenants, held their lands from the barons, and the barons, or mesne lords, were the grantees of the king[…]"

Etymology

From Old French par aval (“below”), from par (“through”) (Latin per) + aval (“down”), from a- (Latin ad) + val (“a valley”) (Latin vallis). Compare paramount.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: per, ad, vallis

Rhymes With

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