petit treason

pet·it trea·son

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Definition of petit treason words

noun petit treason the killing of a husband by his wife, of a lord by his servant, or of an ecclesiastic by a subordinate ecclesiastic. 1

before 1490

One of the 26% oldest English words

Borrowed into English from Anglo-French around 1490-1500

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preposition

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exclamation

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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