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Noun: bastardy  bãs-tu(r)-dee
Usage: archaic
  1. The status of being born to parents who were not married
    "In medieval times, bastardy could affect inheritance rights";
    - illegitimacy, bar sinister

Derived forms: bastardies

Type of: position, status

Encyclopedia: Bastardy