ab extra

American  

[ahb ek-strah, ab ek-struh] / ɑb ˈɛk strɑ, æb ˈɛk strə /

adverb

Latin.

1. from the outside.

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ab extra

"It seems to me," he said, "that there is a guiding and directing principle ab extra which interacts with the material of the physical universe but is not of it."

From Time Magazine Archive

This colony settled in what was subsequently called Phoenicia; and here again our traditions are confirmed ab extra, for Herodotus says: "The Phoenicians anciently dwelt, as they allege, on the borders of the Red Sea."

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack

I do not mean by that, abuse ab extra.

From Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z by Various

Admit candidly that the addition of intelligence at a certain stage, however mysteriously interwoven with structural accompaniments, is a gift ab extra, and we have at least a reasonable and so far satisfactory explanation.

From Creation and Its Records by Baden Henry Baden-Powell

The necessity, the governing power ab extra, would be removed.

From Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters by George Fitzhugh

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