terminus ad quem

American  

[ter-mi-noos ahd kwem, tur-muh-nuhs ad kwem] / ˈtɛr mɪˌnʊs ɑd ˈkwɛm, ˈtɜr mə nəs æd ˈkwɛm /

noun

Latin.

1. the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.

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terminus ad quem British  

/ ˈtɜːmɪˌnʊs æd ˈkwɛm /

noun

1. the aim or terminal point

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Etymology

Origin of terminus ad quem

literally: the end to which

Example Sentences

Arguing then entirely from authority, we may put the terminus ad quem at about 130 A.D.

From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by Sanday, William

Secondly, we think that the adversaries acknowledge that the remission of sins is either a part, or the end, or, to speak in their manner, the terminus ad quem of repentance.

From Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Melanchthon, Philipp

Condemned though they be by some thinkers, these sensations are the mother-earth, the anchorage, the stable rock, the first and last limits, the terminus a quo and the terminus ad quem of the mind.

From The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey by Geyer, Delton Loring

There are two passages which give us the latter year as the terminus ad quem, viz. c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various

The main object of our trip down the River of Barks—the terminus ad quem of the expedition, so to speak—was a bear.

From The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature by Van Dyke, Henry