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Latrocinium

UK/ˌlætɹəˈsɪniəm/

Latrocinium proper noun: the Second Council of Ephesus.

Proper noun

Latrocinium

  1. (derogatory, historical) The Second Council of Ephesus.
    • But the whole circumstances of the Latrocinium, where everything was done to degrade Constantinople by Dioscurus, render it impossible to attach any weight to a statement of this kind ...1912, Edward Denny, Papalism: A treatise on the claims of the papacy as set forth in the encyclical Satis Cognitum, page 638
    • The business of the Council of Chalcedon was to reverse the proceedings of the Latrocinium ...1936, Cuthbert Turner, “The Organization of the Church”, in The Cambridge Medieval History, Vol. I: The Christian Roman Empire and the Foundation of the Teutonic Kingdoms, page 175

Origin of Latrocinium

From Latin latrocinium (“act of brigandage; an illegitimate church council”). Doublet of larceny.

Questions about Latrocinium

What does Latrocinium mean?
Latrocinium means the Second Council of Ephesus.
What part of speech is Latrocinium?
Latrocinium is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Latrocinium?
Latrocinium is pronounced /ˌlætɹəˈsɪniəm/ (UK).

Words near Latrocinium in the dictionary

  1. Latrino
  2. Latrinos
  3. latrobe
  4. latrobes
  5. latrocinies
  6. Latrocinium
  7. latrociny
  8. latrodectine
  9. latrodectism
  10. latron
  11. latronage

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