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jactitation of marriage

jactitation of marriage noun: a false assertion of being married to another person.

Noun

jactitation of marriage (usually uncountable, plural jactitations of marriage)

  1. (UK, historical, usually) A false assertion of being married to another person.
    • Jactitation of marriage, or the boasting of the existence of a marriage , which never actually took place1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Forms of jactitation of marriage

pluraljactitations of marriage

Questions about jactitation of marriage

What does jactitation of marriage mean?
Jactitation of marriage means a false assertion of being married to another person.
What part of speech is jactitation of marriage?
Jactitation of marriage is a noun.
What is the plural of jactitation of marriage?
The plural of jactitation of marriage is jactitations of marriage.

Words near jactitation of marriage in the dictionary

  1. jactitate
  2. jactitated
  3. jactitates
  4. jactitating
  5. jactitation
  6. jactitation of marriage
  7. jactitations
  8. jactitations of marriage
  9. jacuaru
  10. jacuarus
  11. Jacuinde

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