bylaw
0 synonyms and 0 antonyms for bylaw, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
We haven't recorded synonyms for bylaw yet. You can still read its full definition, where it comes from, or words that rhyme with it.
Etymology
From Middle English bylawe, bilawe, partly from Old English bīlage (“bylaw”) and partly from a variant of Middle English byrelawe, birlawe, from Old Norse býjar (“town's; settlement's”) + lǫg (“laws; jurisdiction”). Byrlaw is attested earlier in English but is unattested in Old Norse and the cognates in Scandinavian la...
Full origin of bylaw →