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Antonyms for moiety

Grammar : Noun
Spell : moi-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔɪ ɪ ti

Definition 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

Synonyms for moiety

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