Found 2 items, similar to Moieties.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: moiety
moiety
n 1: one of two (approximately) equal parts [syn:
mediety]
2: one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Moieties
Moiety
\Moi"e*ty\ (moi"[-e]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
Moieties
(moi"[-e]*t[i^]z). [F. moiti['e], L. medietas, fr. medius
middle, half. See
Mid, a., and cf.
Mediate,
Mediety.]
1. One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate,
of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a
nation. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The more beautiful moiety of his majesty's subject.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. An indefinite part; a small part. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]