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reredemains

reredemains is the plural of reredemain.

Meaning of reredemain

Noun

reredemain (plural reredemains)

  1. (archaic) A backward stroke of the hand.
    • But all ſuch plagues, calamities and troubles (vvhich I feared and ſuſpected) might have chanced on me if I had taken the rule and regiment of the reale, I ſhall vvith a reredemaine ſo make them rebound to our common enemie that calleth himſelfe King, […]c. 1513–1518 (date written), Thomas More, “The Tragicall Historie of the Life and Reigne of Richard the Third. The Second Yeere of His Raigne.”, in The Historie of the Pitifvll Life, and Unfortunate...

Questions about reredemains

What is reredemains the plural of?
Reredemains is the plural of reredemain.

Words near reredemains in the dictionary

  1. rerecords
  2. rerecovered
  3. rerecoveries
  4. rerecovery
  5. reredemain
  6. reredemains
  7. reredorse
  8. reredorses
  9. reredorter
  10. reredorters
  11. reredos

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