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passim

American  
[pas-im] / ˈpæs ɪm /

adverb

Latin.
  1. here and there: used in bibliographic references to indicate that the writer has drawn upon material scattered throughout the source cited.


passim British  
/ ˈpæsɪm /

adverb

  1. here and there; throughout: used to indicate that what is referred to occurs frequently in the work cited

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passim Cultural  
  1. A word used in footnotes and similar material to indicate that a word or subject occurs frequently. For example, an entry in an index reading “coal: 78–86 passim” means that coal is mentioned throughout pages 78 to 86. Passim is Latin for “throughout” or “here and there.”


Example Sentences

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They were incisive and inventive and – in a development wholly uncharacteristic of Scottish sides passim – clinical in attack.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2016

They were incisive and inventive and – in a development wholly uncharacteristic of Scottish sides passim – clinical in attack.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2016

The significance of the incident was that one important Governmental agency accepted in passim the League's contraceptive activities as normal and acceptable in present U. S. culture.

From Time Magazine Archive

Complutensian Polyglott, II. 176-181; deviser of, 176; character, 177-8; MSS. used for, 178-180; text, 180-181, and passim.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

For later writers, see below passim, and Wolters.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

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