Synonyms for moiety

Grammar : Noun

Spell : moi-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔɪ ɪ ti

Définition of moiety

Origin : "an equal half," mid-15c., from Old French moite, earlier meitiet (12c., Modern French moitié) "half; middle; portion, piece," from Latin meditatem (nominative medietas) "half," originally "middle point," from medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)).

noun subdivision

Example sentences :

How is it only a moiety of these bodies that is represented?
Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller

He who gave her the money of which she e'en presented me a moiety.
Extract from : « Under the Rose » by Frederic Stewart Isham

Out of abundance he had given a moiety and because of it she had put her life into a yoke.
Extract from : « The Tyranny of Weakness » by Charles Neville Buck

There was more than a moiety of sadness, constantly increasing its measure.
Extract from : « The Wild Huntress » by Mayne Reid

It allowed Ralegh a moiety of the penalties accruing to the Crown.
Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing

In 1898 there were 98 at the English classes and but a moiety at the French.
Extract from : « Khartoum Campaign, 1898 » by Bennet Burleigh

The latter offered the lady in full, but only a moiety of the money.
Extract from : « The Comic History Of England » by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett

The shares that remained received the name of "adventurer's moiety."
Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, October 1899 » by Various

There is only 'in each local centre a great predominance of one moiety.'
Extract from : « Social Origins and Primal Law » by Andrew Lang

The man with a moiety of the seer's gift suffered his eyebrows to arch query-wise.
Extract from : « The Helpers » by Francis Lynde

Antonyms for moiety

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