Mortmain

Definition: Mortmain

Mortmain

Noun

1. Real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation).

2. The oppressive influence of past events of decisions.

Date "mortmain" was first used: 1450. (references)

Etymology: Mortmain \Mort"main`\, noun. [French expression mort, morte, dead main hand; French main-morte. See Mortal, and Manual.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Mortmain

Synonyms: dead hand (n), dead hand of the past (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Freedom	Free land, freehold; allodium; frankalmoigne, mortmain.
Retention	Incommunicable, inalienable; in mortmain; in strict settlement.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Mortmain

English words defined with "mortmain": Admortization ♦ Dead hand. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Mortmain (1915)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Mortmain Legltn Engsh Church (reference) Rialto: Mortmain; Dead End: Three Plays (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Mortmain" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "Mortmain" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	91.67%	11	106,044
Adjective (general or positive)	8.33%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	12	N/A

Expression using "mortmain": in mortmain. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "mortmain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		uafhaendelig ejendom (landed property in control of dead hands, landed property in mortmain), ikke-personligt ejet ejendom (landed property in control of dead hands, landed property in mortmain), ejendom i institutionseje (landed property in control of dead hands, landed property in mortmain). (various references)

Dutch		grondeigendom in de dode hand (landed property in control of dead hands, landed property in mortmain), goederen in de dode hand (property in mortmain), dode-handvermogen (property in mortmain). (various references)

Finnish		yhteisöjen maaomaisuus (landed property in control of dead hands, landed property in mortmain), luovutuskelvoton maaomaisuus (landed property in control of dead hands, landed property in mortmain, property in mortmain), ikuinen hallintaoikeus (property in mortmain). (various references)

French		propriété foncière de mainmorte (landed property in mortmain), biens de mainmorte (property in mortmain), aliénation en mainmorte (alienation in mortmain). (various references)

German		Vermögen der toten Hand (property in mortmain), Grundeigentum der toten Hand (landed property in control of dead hands, landed property in mortmain). (various references)

Italian		manomorta (property in mortmain). (various references)

Manx		mortvane. (various references)

Pig Latin		ortmainmay

Portuguese		mão-morta. (various references)

Spanish		propiedad inmobiliaria de manos muertas (landed property in control of dead hands, landed property in mortmain). (various references)

Swedish		besittning för evärdlig tid. (various references)

Vietnamese		quyền chiếm hữu vĩnh viễn, quyền chiếm hữu không xâm phạm được. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Old French	900-1400	mortemain. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "mortmain": mortmains. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-i-m-m-n-o-r-t"
	-2 letters: ammino, aroint, manito, marmot, martin, matron, ration.
	-3 letters: amino, amnio, amort, inarm, intro, manor, matin, minor, moira, nitro, noria, ratio, riant, roman, toman, train, trona.
	-4 letters: airn, airt, amin, amir, ammo, anti, atom, imam, inro, into, iota, iron, maim, main, mair, mano, mart, mina, mint, moan, moat, momi, mora, morn, mort, naoi, noir.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-m-m-n-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: matrimony, mortmains.
	+2 letters: manometric, matronymic, monetarism, stramonium.
	+3 letters: comminatory, immigration, manometries, matrimonial, matrimonies, matronymics, momentarily, monetarisms, romanticism, stramoniums.
	+4 letters: anemometries, commentaries, communicator, dynamometric, immigrations, immoderation, inflammatory, malformation, memorization, metronomical, microanatomy, monodramatic, nonimmigrant, nonmetameric, normothermia, romanticisms.
	+5 letters: chromonematic, commemorating, commemoration, commiserating, commiseration, communicators, communicatory, communitarian, complimentary, dynamometries, immigrational, immoderations, immortalising, immortalizing, immunotherapy, intercommunal, magnetometric, malformations, matrimonially, memorizations, microfilament, momentariness, monochromatic, monogrammatic, nonimmigrants, nonmainstream, normothermias, summarization, thermodynamic.
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