responsum

[ ri-spon-suhm ]

/ rɪˈspɒn səm /

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noun, plural re·spon·sa

[ri-spon-suh]. /rɪˈspɒn sə/.

the reply of a noted rabbi or Jewish scholar as rendered in the Responsa.

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Origin of responsum

1895–1900; <New Latin, Latin respōnsum a reply; see response

Words nearby responsum

responsion, responsive, responsiveness, responsor, responsory, responsum, respray, res publica, ressentiment, rest, restage

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How to use responsum in a sentence

Responsum est eum Romae summam potestatem habiturum, qui primus matrem osculatus esset.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond
Legato Romano res repetenti superbe responsum est a Latinis; quare bellum hoc modo eis indictum est.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond
Responsum accipit, quod Dominos plures haberent qui jubentur omnes, ante regem comparere.
Essay on the Life and Institutions of Offa, King of Mercia, A.D. 755-794|Henry Mackenzie
Hunc, cum responsum petitur, navigio aurato gestant Sacerdotes, multis argenteis pateris ab utroque navigii latere pendentibus.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.|Jacob Bryant

Responsum autem in re tanti momenti dari debuisset clarum, perspicuum et omnis ambiguitatis expers.
The History of Freedom|John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

British Dictionary definitions for responsum

responsum

/ (rɪˈspɒnsəm) /

noun plural -sa (-sə)

Judaism a written answer from a rabbinic authority to a question submitted

Word Origin for responsum

Latin, literally: reply, response

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