besaiel

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noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) A great-grandfather.
  • (legal) 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.

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Borrowed from French bisaïeul derived from Old French beseel derived from Latin bis (twice, in two ways, again).

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bis

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twice, in two ways, again

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