responsum

American  

[ri-spon-suhm] / rɪˈspɒn səm /

noun

plural

responsa

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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Etymology

Origin of responsum

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

Example Sentences

Huic breviter responsum sit, Populo universo negari defensionem, quae juris naturalis est, neque ultionem quae praeter naturam est adversus regem concedi debere.

From Second Treatise of Government by Locke, John

Hic mihi responsum primus dedit ille petenti: “Pascite ut ante boves, pueri, submittite tauros.”

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

Ad hoc ego vltra confusus et stupefactus, nequiui inuenire responsum; verebar enim obloqui veritati, quamuis ab Infidelis ore prolatæ, et vultu præ rubore demisso percunctatus sum, Domine, salua reuerentia, qualiter potestis ita plenè hoc noscere?

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

Quibus perlectis, quum se consideraturum, adhibitis amicis, quid faciendum sibi esset, dixisset, Popilius, pro cetera asperitate animi, virga, quam in manu gerebat, circumscripsit regem: ac, 'Priusquam hoc circulo excedas,' inquit, 'redde responsum, senatui quod referam.'

From Shakespeare Jest-Books Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare by Hazlitt, William Carew

Sua Dignatis Illustrissima dignetur responsum illarum litterarum suae Sanctitatis per Nuntium Apostolicum Hispaniarum ad nos mittere.

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 by