mortmain
dead hand
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dead hand
noun
- The ever-present, oppressive influence of past events: “Psychotherapy explores the ways in which the past has shaped people, and how its dead hand continues to deform their lives” ( James S. Gordon )
- Mortmain.
Origin of dead hand
Middle English dede hond translation of Old French mortemain or Medieval Latin manus mortua mortmainTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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