Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for scilicet

scilicet

[ sil-uh-set ]

adverb

  1. to wit; namely (used especially on legal documents, as an affidavit, pleading, etc., to verify the place of action). : sc., scil., ss.


scilicet

/ ˈsɪlɪˌsɛt /

adverb

  1. namely; that is: used esp in explaining an obscure text or an ambiguity, or supplying a missing word
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of scilicet1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin scīlicet, short for scīre licet “it is permitted to know”
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of scilicet1

Latin: shortened from scīre licet it is permitted to know
Discover More

Example Sentences

Unde Esaias impiorum tormenta describens et ex eorum visione lætitiam bonorum exprimens, ait, Egredientur electi scilicet et videbunt cadavera virorum qui prævaricati sunt in me.

Ista ergo laudis aviditas et cupido gloriæ multa illa miranda fecit, laudabilia scilicet atque gloriosa secundum hominum existimationem ... causa honoris, laudis et gloriæ consuluerunt patriæ, in qua ipsam gloriam requirebant, salutemque ejus saluti suæ præponere non dubitaverunt, pro isto uno vitio, id est, amore laudis, pecuniæ cupiditatem et multa alia vitia comprimentes....

Dictus tamen Imbertus fuit primus qui predictam falsitatem et machinationem apperuit et detexit, non tamen ex integro donec omnes predicti quatuor, scilicet Bernardus Pastoris, Joannes Maurendi, Imbertus et Guillelmus fuerunt apud Carcassonam adducti et in ipso muro detenti.

A disk of porphyry in the pavement marks the grave of forty martyrs collected by Paschal I. The mother of that pope is also buried here, and the inscription commemorating her observes an ancient ecclesiastical usage in allowing her the title of "episcopa:" "Ubi utique benignissim� su� genitricis, scilicet Domin� Theodor�, Episcop� corpus quiescit."

"Scilicet umbrosis sordet Pompeia columnis Porticus aul�is nobilis Attalicis: Et creber pariter platanis surgentibus ordo, Flumina sopito qu�que Marone cadunt."

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement