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Showing words for DEODAND using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Deodand
deodand
6 Letter Words for Deodand
addend, dadoed, nodded
5 Letter Words for Deodand
added, anded, anode, denda, doand, noded
4 Letter Words for Deodand
addn, aden, adod, adon, dade, dado, dand, dane, dead, dean, deda, dedd, dedo, dodd, doen, dona, done, edda, eddo, endo, eoan, node, odea
3 Letter Words for Deodand
add, ade, ado, and, ane, dad, dae, dan, dao, dea, ded, den, dna, doa, dod, doe, don, ead, ean, edd, edo, end, eon, nad, nae, nea, ned, neo, noa, nod, oad, oda, odd, ode, ona, one
Definitions for Deodand
[1] (before 1846) an animal or article that, having been the immediate cause of the death of a human being, was forfeited to the crown to be applied to pious uses.
[2] English law (formerly) a thing that had caused a person's death and was forfeited to the crown for a charitable purpose: abolished 1862
Words nearby Deodand
denys, denîs, deo gratias, deo volente, deoch-an-doruis, deodand, deodar, deodorant, deodorize, deodorizer, deontic
Origin of Deodand
1520–30; < Medieval Latin deōdandum (a thing) to be given to God < Latin deō to God (dative singular of deus ) + dandum to be given (neuter gerund of dare to give)
Word origin for Deodand
C16: from Anglo-French deodande, from Medieval Latin deōdandum, from Latin Deō dandum (something) to be given to God, from deus god + dare to give