videlicet
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of videlicet
First recorded in 1450–1500; from vidēlicet, shortening of vidēre licet “it is permitted to see; it is plain to see, evidently”; see also licit ( def. )
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Example Sentences
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In festo Sti Martini videlicet de unoquoque sullung reddunt de Gabulo 2 solidos 2 denarios, summa quorum facit 25 libras 105 solidos 10 denarios obolum.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Ut videlicet mei amicissimo Fredericho Egmont morem gererem optatissimus: qui cum in vestra excellentissima anglie patria.
Prima opinio eorum est, qui gratiam efficacem constituunt in assensu et cooperatione humana, ita ut ab eventu dicatur gratia efficax, quia videlicet sortitur effectum et ideo sortitur effectum, quia voluntas humana cooperatur.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
A protestantibus quippe efformata et directa eo excitata est spiritu, quem expresse profitetur, tres videlicet christianas communiones romano-catholicam, graeco-schismaticam et anglicanam, quamvis invicem separatas ac divisas, aequo tamen jure catholicum nomen sibi vindicare.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, December 1864 by Various
Paucis ante evolutis annis, post mortem omnium suorum filiorum, videlicet, quando dedicata est ecclesia Novi Templi, inventum est corpus sæpedicti comitis quod erat insutum corio taurino, integrum, putridum tamen et prout videri potuit detestabile.”—Matt.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
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