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autom

autom is the alternative spelling 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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Forms of autom

pluralautoms

Phrases with autom

Questions about autom

What is autom the alternative spelling of?
Autom is the alternative spelling of autem.

Words near autom in the dictionary

  1. autolyzed
  2. autolyzed yeast extract
  3. autolyzed yeast extracts
  4. autolyzes
  5. autolyzing
  6. autom
  7. autom cove
  8. autom coves
  9. autom mort
  10. autom morts
  11. automacy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autom (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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