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bereaval

bereaval noun: bereavement.

Noun

bereaval (plural bereavals)

  1. (obsolete) bereavement
    • There was less of grief or distress in the family than is usually felt under such a trying bereaval.1830, Horace Smith, Walter Colyton: A Tale of 1688, page 15
    • Among those who paid the visits of condolence, customary on such a bereaval, […]1857, Samuel Neil, “Epoch Men”, in The British Controversialist, volume 3, page 196

Forms of bereaval

pluralbereavals

Questions about bereaval

What does bereaval mean?
Bereaval means bereavement.
What part of speech is bereaval?
Bereaval is a noun.
What is the plural of bereaval?
The plural of bereaval is bereavals.

Words near bereaval in the dictionary

  1. BeReals
  2. Berean
  3. Bereanism
  4. Bereans
  5. bereavable
  6. bereaval
  7. bereave
  8. bereaved
  9. bereavedness
  10. bereavement
  11. bereavements

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