bastardy
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈbæstərdi/
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bastardía
- Many reforms have aimed to reduce the discrimination associated with bastardy in modern society.
Examples
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Establishing secular cemeteries and publicizing the roster of those disqualified for religious marriage (because of problems of bastardy) are only two particularly controversial instances of his activity.
Academic text (1996) -
These elected parochial officers set rates, organized road repairs and chapel maintenance, sold common land, fined for bastardy, distributed pauper apprentices among local clothiers, and negotiated between themselves on issues such as bridge building, road extensions, and township valuations.
Academic text (1993) -
And by his side, his fruit of bastardy!
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It's true that in all his bastardy, Stefan was perfectly consistent.
Fiction book (1994) -
It gave me a squirmy guilt, as if my loneliness were an announcement of bastardy, worn like a sandwich board.
Fiction book (1992) -
The lawyer explained the legal implications of bastardy and how it affected inheritance rights.
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In the past, children born out of wedlock often faced societal stigma and were marked by bastardy.
Synonyms
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7.2
Being born to parents who are not married to each other
The condition of being born to parents who are not married
The state of being born to parents who are not married
Being born to parents who were not married
Antonyms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bastardy comes from the old word bastard, which long ago named a child born 'outside marriage'. One story links bastard to bast, a 'packsaddle', which gives the image of a child born away from the family. So bastardy means the condition of being born to parents who were not married.