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bailivates

bailivates is the plural of bailivate.

Meaning of bailivate

Noun

bailivate (plural bailivates)

  1. The office of bailiff.
    • She granted him also the office of purveyor of the said manor of Eltham, together with the bailivate of the town of Eltham1822, John Strype, Historical and biographical works - Volume 12, page 45

Questions about bailivates

What is bailivates the plural of?
Bailivates is the plural of bailivate.

Words near bailivates in the dictionary

  1. bailing out on
  2. bailing up
  3. bailings
  4. bailival
  5. bailivate
  6. bailivates
  7. bailiwick
  8. Bailiwick of Guernsey
  9. bailiwicks
  10. bailjumping
  11. Baillargeon

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