ad quem

American  

[ahd kwem, ad kwem] / ɑd ˈkwɛm, æd ˈkwɛm /

Latin.

1. at or to which; the end toward which something tends.

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ad quem

And the Abbot said the verse Benedicamus Patrem et Filium cum Sancto Spiritu, and the prayer Deus ad quem digne laudandum, and they all returned thanksgiving to the Lord.

From Chronicle of the Cid by Southey, Robert

Cognition, whenever we take it concretely, means determinate 'ambulation,' through intermediaries, from a terminus a quo to, or towards, a terminus ad quem.

From Meaning of Truth by James, William

The terminus ad quem is less certain—-iron does not begin to be used for weapons in the Aegean till after Period III.

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

Arguing then entirely from authority, we may put the terminus ad quem at about 130 A.D.

From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by Sanday, William

Sensations are the stable rock, the terminus a quo and the terminus ad quem of thought.

From The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey by Geyer, Delton Loring