Besaiel
//bɪˈseɪ.əl// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A great-grandfather. obsolete
"Herry Percy, knyght, Besaile to the said then Erle […]"
- 2 A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. obsolete
"In a Writ of Besayle he shall not have the View."
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More examples"Herry Percy, knyght, Besaile to the said then Erle […]"
Etymology
From Middle French besaieul, besayel, from Old French beseel, from Latin bis (“twice”) + aviolus, diminutive of avus (“grandfather”).
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