Definitions for moieties

moieties moi·e·ty

Spelling: [moi-i-tee]
IPA: /ˈmɔɪ ɪ ti/

Moieties is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 158 anagrams from letters in moieties (eeiimost).

Definitions for moieties

noun

  1. a half.
  2. an indefinite portion, part, or share.
  3. Anthropology. one of two units into which a tribe or community is divided on the basis of unilineal descent.

Origin of moieties

1400-50; late Middle English moite Middle French Latin medietāt- (stem of medietās) the middle, equivalent to medi(us) mid + -etāt-, variant, after vowels, of -itāt- -ity<

Examples for moieties

There is only 'in each local centre a great predominance of one moiety.'

It allowed Ralegh a moiety of the penalties accruing to the Crown.

He who gave her the money of which she e'en presented me a moiety.

Out of abundance he had given a moiety and because of it she had put her life into a yoke.

The man with a moiety of the seer's gift suffered his eyebrows to arch query-wise.

The shares that remained received the name of "adventurer's moiety."

How is it only a moiety of these bodies that is represented?

The latter offered the lady in full, but only a moiety of the money.

There was more than a moiety of sadness, constantly increasing its measure.

In 1898 there were 98 at the English classes and but a moiety at the French.

Word Value for moieties
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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