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autems

autems is the plural of autem.

Meaning of autem

Noun

autem (plural autems)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A church.
    • THESE Autem Mortes be maried wemen, as there be but a fewe: For Autem in their language is a Church, so shee is a wyfe maried at the church, and they be as chaste as a cowe: I haue yt gooeth to bull euery moone, with what bull she careth not.1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursetors, page 49; republished 1814

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Questions about autems

What is autems the plural of?
Autems is the plural of autem.

Words near autems in the dictionary

  1. autem mort
  2. autem morts
  3. autem-gogler
  4. autem-goglers
  5. autemesia
  6. autems
  7. Auten
  8. Autens
  9. autetaranga
  10. Auteuil
  11. auteur

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autems (page history and authors); autem (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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