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English
Etymology
From Middle French besaieul, besayel, from Old French beseel, from Latin bis (“twice”) + aviolus, diminutive of avus (“grandfather”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɪˈseɪ.əl/, /bɪˈseɪl/
Noun
besaiel (plural besaiels)
- (obsolete) A great-grandfather.
1840, Collectanea topographica et genealogica:Herry Percy, knyght, Besaile to the said then Erle […]
- (law, obsolete) 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.
1598, John Kitchin, Le court leete et court baron:In a Writ of Besayle he shall not have the View.
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