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nostra culpas

nostra culpas is the plural of nostra culpa.

Meaning of nostra culpa

Noun

nostra culpa (plural nostra culpas)

  1. (uncommon) An instance of nostra culpa; an apology on behalf of a group.
    • Ours is one of the “leftist and liberal Catholic publications (who) beat their breasts with an editorial nostra culpa whenever Red gains ate chalked up anywhere in the world.” She [Gretta Palmer] inserted a parenthetical remark in the above sentence: “(or, staring fiercely at the Hierarchy, an even...1951 April, Ed Willock, “Reform and Conversion”, in Edward Willock, Carol Jackson, editors, Integrity, volume 5, number 7, New York, N.Y.: Integrity Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 31

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Questions about nostra culpas

What is nostra culpas the plural of?
Nostra culpas is the plural of nostra culpa.

Words near nostra culpas in the dictionary

  1. nostophobia
  2. nostos
  3. nostoxanthin
  4. nostra
  5. nostra culpa
  6. nostra culpas
  7. nostra remedia
  8. nostra sponte
  9. Nostradamian
  10. Nostradamic
  11. Nostradamus

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