responsum

American  

[ri-spon-suhm] / rɪˈspɒn səm /

noun

• responsa
  plural

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

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responsum British  

/ rɪˈspɒnsəm /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• responsa
  plural

Etymology

Origin of responsum

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

Example Sentences

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responsum responsa

Manchon, the clerk, makes a note upon his margin at these words, "Proudly answered"—superbe responsum.

From Jeanne D'Arc: her life and death by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

It is highly esteemed throughout Islam, and is quoted even by the doctors of Mecca as the Futawa-i-hind, or the Indian responsa prudentum.

From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various

The "futwa," therefore, seems to correspond not so much with our English "decisions" or "precedents" as with the "responsa prudentum," that fertile source of doctrines in the Roman law.

From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various

Thus we may find a callida iunctura between the thirteenth, fourteenth, and 451fifteenth stanzas, for Fides and Pax would fit in well with the responsa petunt of the fourteenth.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler

In his responsa he laid stress on custom and tradition provided no infringement of the law were involved, and was essentially conservative in theology.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

Then recourse was had to notes, comments, glosses, reports, responsa prudentum, learned readings: eagle stood against eagle: authority was set up against authority.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke