noun
Meaning 1
A great-grandfather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
besaiel
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/bɪˈseɪ.əl/
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/bɪˈseɪl/
noun
Meaning 2
A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: law
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History
Etymology
From Middle French besaieul, besayel, from Old French beseel, from Latin bis (“twice”) + aviolus, diminutive of avus (“grandfather”).