querele

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noun

A complaint to a court in Old English law.

OriginMiddle English querele →
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Meanings

nounquerele (plural quereles)

plural quereles

  1. obsoletelawA complaint to a court in Old English law.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishquerele“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial by combat; basis for dispute, complaint; claim, legal suit; a lament; illness”
  2. Englishquerele

Learned borrowing from Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial by combat; basis for dispute, complaint; claim, legal suit; a lament; illness”), whence modern English quarrel.

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APA

querele. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/querele

MLA

“querele.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/querele. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “querele,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/querele.

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