Disheritance

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of disinheritance. obsolete, uncountable, usually

    "Who having chid me almost to the Ruin, / Of a Disheritance"

Example

More examples

"Who having chid me almost to the Ruin, / Of a Disheritance"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English disheritaunce, from Anglo-Norman desheritaunce, disheritaunce; equivalent to disherit + -ance.

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