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Meaning of besaiel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
bɪˈseɪ.əl

Definitions

  1. A great-grandfather.
    obsolete
  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

Examples

“Herry Percy, knyght, Besaile to the said then Erle […]”
“In a Writ of Besayle he shall not have the View.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Besalan besamim besan besan cheela besan chilla Besançon

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