liceity
/lɪˈsiːɪti/
liceity noun: the legitimacy of an act or its consequences, by opposition to the validity.
Noun
liceity (usually uncountable, plural liceities)
- The legitimacy of an act or its consequences, by opposition to the validity.
- Validity affects the act, while liceity affects the 'legality' of the act. So if a baptism is invalid, then the baptism never occurred (i.e. one has not been baptized and needs to be baptized). So if a baptism is illicit, then it was not celebrated under the structures that the Catholic Church has...2011, “Validity and liceity”, in Ship of Saint-Peter, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2011
- Synonyms:
- legitimacy
Synonyms of liceity
Forms of liceity
| plural | liceities |
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Origin of liceity
From Latin licere.
Questions about liceity
- What does liceity mean?
- Liceity means the legitimacy of an act or its consequences, by opposition to the validity.
- What part of speech is liceity?
- Liceity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce liceity?
- Liceity is pronounced /lɪˈsiːɪti/.
- What is the plural of liceity?
- The plural of liceity is liceities.
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