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homo sacer

homo sacer noun: in Ancient Roman law, a person who was banned and could be killed by anybody, but not sacrificed in a religious ritual.

Noun

homo sacer

  1. (historical) In Ancient Roman law, a person who was banned and could be killed by anybody, but not sacrificed in a religious ritual.

Origin of homo sacer

Latin

Questions about homo sacer

What does homo sacer mean?
Homo sacer means in Ancient Roman law, a person who was banned and could be killed by anybody, but not sacrificed in a religious ritual.
What part of speech is homo sacer?
Homo sacer is a noun.

Words near homo sacer in the dictionary

  1. homo negronus Americanus
  2. Homo novus
  3. homo oeconomicus
  4. homo politicus
  5. Homo reciprocans
  6. homo sacer
  7. homo sapien
  8. homo sapiens
  9. Homo Sovieticus
  10. Homo Superior
  11. Homo superioris

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