nemine contradicente

[ ne-mi-ne -kohn-trah-di-ken-te; English nem-uh-nee -kon-truh-di-sen-tee ]

/ ˈnɛ mɪˌnɛ ˌkoʊn trɑ dɪˈkɛn tɛ; English ˈnɛm əˌni ˌkɒn trə dɪˈsɛn ti /

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no one contradicting; unanimously.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

The constitutio de fide has been adopted by the Ecumenical Council, nemine contradicente.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870|Various
This arrangement was assented to and resolved to be acted upon nemine con.
The Eve of All-Hallows, v. 2 of 3|Matthew Weld Hartstonge
The long and stubborn opposition to the exaction of ship-money, 'Voted illegal and entered nullo contradicente,' is given.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts|Rosalind Northcote
Bromley is chosen Speaker, nemine contradicente: Do you understand those two words?
The Journal to Stella|Jonathan Swift

A council of war was then held, and it was resolved, nemine contradicente, to fight.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745.|Mrs. Thomson