paravail
paravail adjective: at the bottom; lowest (said of feudal tenants).
Adjective
paravail (not comparable)
- At the bottom; lowest (said of feudal tenants).
- Of the estate adjoining Cottesford the paravail tenants were members of the family who took their name from that village, and were resident in it, de Cotfelde or[…]1882, James Charles Blomfield, History of the Deanery of Bicester: History of the present deanery of Bicester, Oxon, page 59
- The inferior, or paravail tenants, held their lands from the barons, and the barons, or mesne lords, were the grantees of the king[…]1929, Radhabinod Pal, The History of the Law of Primogeniture: With Special Reference to India, Ancient and Modern
Origin of paravail
From Old French par aval (“below”), from par (“through”) (Latin per) + aval (“down”), from a- (Latin ad) + val (“a valley”) (Latin vallis). Compare paramount.
Words that rhyme with paravail
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- veil
- pale
- avail
- wale
- whale
- bail
- hail
- yale
- bale
- snail
- travail
- brail
- exhale
- frail
- jail
- prevail
- swale
- vail
- wail
- derail
- dwale
- entail
- flail
- Gail
- gayle
- impale
- kale
- quail
- regale
- spale
- thumbnail
- white whale
- ale
- curtail
- drail
- gale
- inhale
- retail
- shale
- tael
- unveil
- ail
- all hail
- assail
- ayel
- beyond the pale
- braille
- cakes and ale
Questions about paravail
- What does paravail mean?
- Paravail means at the bottom; lowest (said of feudal tenants).
- What part of speech is paravail?
- Paravail is an adjective.
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