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Devoir

//dəˈvwɑː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Duty, business; something that one must do. archaic, often, plural

    "[…] he imprint not so much in his schollers mind […] where Marcellus died, as because he was unworthy of his devoire he died there[…]."

  2. 2
    formal expression of respect wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English devoir, borrowed from Middle French devoir, from Old French deveir, from Latin dēbēre (“to owe; ought, must”).

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