paravail

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paravail

Rhymes with -eɪl

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From Old French par aval (“below”), from par (“through”) (Latin per) + aval (“down”), from a- (Latin ad) + val (“a valley”) (Latin vallis). Compare paramount.

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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[…]

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@misc{paravail_2026,
  title = {paravail},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paravail},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}