sic passim

[ seek pahs-sim; English sik pas-im ]

adverbLatin.
  1. so throughout: used especially as a footnote to indicate that a word, phrase, or idea recurs throughout the book being cited.

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British Dictionary definitions for sic passim

sic passim

/ Latin (ˈsɪk ˈpæsɪm) /


  1. a phrase used in printed works to indicate that a word, spelling, etc, occurs in the same form throughout

Origin of sic passim

1
literally: thus everywhere

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