Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

special licence

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables
spe-cial li-cence
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A marriage licence, granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury or his officials, permitting the marriage of two specified persons without banns, and at a place and time other than those prescribed by law.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

special licences (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

common licence

Questions

What does special licence mean?
A marriage licence, granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury or his officials, permitting the marriage of two specified persons without banns, and at a place and time other than those prescribed by law.

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