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ad loc.

American  

abbreviation

  1. at or to the place.


Etymology

Origin of ad loc.

From Latin ad locum

Example Sentences

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The so-called Babylonian colouring of Gen. xxiii. has been much exaggerated; see S. R. Driver, Genesis, ad loc.;

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

For Clarice and Peronel, see Prof. Skeat’s notes, ad loc., and cf.

From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.

See Hold. ad loc. for similar forms, and cf.

From The Economist by Dakyns, Henry Graham

Plummer ad loc. for arguments showing conclusively that Gregory III cannot be meant.13.Cf.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert

The Resistance of the Saint to amorous Advances.—The reader may be referred to Whitley Stokes's note ad loc., in LL.

From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by MacAlister, R.A. Stewart

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