sententia
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Origin of sententia
First recorded in 1915–20; from Latin sententia; see origin at sentence ( def. )
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Itaque Hannibal, postquam ipsi sententia stetit pergere ire atque Italiam petere, advocata contione varie militum versat animos castigando adhortandoque: mirari se, quinam pectora semper impavida repens terror invaserit. . . .
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
Ecquis non videt quam vehementer sit rejicienda, reprobanda, et omnini damnanda hujusmodi Frohschammer sententia atque doctrina?
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 by
Ad Apostolicum autem Judicium ea deferantur opera vel scripta quae profundius examen exigant, vel in quibus ad salutarem effectum consequendum Supremae Auctoritatis sententia requiratur.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, December 1864 by Various
Dices, ducent damnatum domum: Alere nolunt hominem edacem: et sapiunt, meâ quidem sententia, Pro maleficio si beneficium summum nolunt reddere.”—Phorm., act. ii.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
An in casibus dubiis adhaerendum est kalendario dioecesis, sive quoad officium publicum et privatum, sive quoad Missam, sive quoad vestium sacrarum colorem, etiamsi quibusdam probabilior videtur sententia kalendario opposita?
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, December 1864 by Various
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