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compascuity

/kəmˈpæskju.ɪti/

compascuity noun: the shared right to graze animals on the same pasture.

Noun

compascuity (uncountable)

  1. The shared right to graze animals on the same pasture.
    • In the sequel this theft cost the Dalai Lama his throne, British operations to this effect being made easier through the friendliness of the frontier Tibetans, who were ‘in compascuity’ with British subjects.1932, Elsé Haydon Carrier, Water and Grass, page 369
    • […] often establishing zones of compascuity […]1972, Daniel Alexander Gómez-Ibáñez, The Western Pyrenees, page 75

Origin of compascuity

From Medieval Latin compāscuitās, from compāscuus + -itās.

Questions about compascuity

What does compascuity mean?
Compascuity means the shared right to graze animals on the same pasture.
What part of speech is compascuity?
Compascuity is a noun.
How do you pronounce compascuity?
Compascuity is pronounced /kəmˈpæskju.ɪti/.

Words near compascuity in the dictionary

  1. compartmentsful
  2. compartner
  3. compartners
  4. comparts
  5. compas
  6. compascuity
  7. compass
  8. compass cactus
  9. compass card
  10. compass cards
  11. compass deflection

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