Hyphenation of mortmain

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word mortmain? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

mort-main

Definitions of mortmain:

1.	Real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)
2.	The oppressive influence of past events or decisions

Synonyms of mortmain:

noun	dead hand, real property, real estate, realty
noun	dead hand, dead hand of the past, influence

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.