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debites

debites is the plural of debite.

Meaning of debite

Noun

debite (plural debites)

  1. (obsolete) A deputy; an official.
    • Jesus stode before the debite, and the debite axed him, saynge: Arte thou the kynge of the iwes?1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew

Questions about debites

What is debites the plural of?
Debites is the plural of debite.

Words near debites in the dictionary

  1. debitable
  2. debitage
  3. debitages
  4. debite
  5. debited
  6. debites
  7. debiteuse
  8. debiteuses
  9. debiting
  10. debitings
  11. debitive

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