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in rerum natura

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/ ɪn ˈrɛərʊm næˈtʊərə /
  1. in the nature of things

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Now if, like the key in our illustration, the religion in question were something given in rerum natura independent of human origination in any form, this argument would be practically irresistible.

From The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) by George Tyrrell

I trust, however, the hospitable gossiping Laird h$s not run himself upon the shallows, and that his chaplain, whom you so often made us laugh at, is still in rerum natura.

From Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete by Sir Walter Scott

Why, you blockhead, there is no such thing in rerum natura.

From From Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The ingredients of hodge-podge exist in rerum natura, and the place they occupy and the function they fulfil in it are no less deserving of our inquisitive regard.

From Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects by Earl of Caithness John Sutherland Sinclair

TRUE: How does my noble captain? is the bull, bear, and horse in rerum natura still?

From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Ben Jonson

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