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pretium affectionis

pretium affectionis noun: sentimental value.

Noun

pretium affectionis

  1. Sentimental value.
    • The greater number of injuries are those which concern property. A pecuniary value can generally be set upon injuries of this sort; though it is not very easy to determine the pretium affectionis, a matter of considerable importance, which the English law, so much made up of clumsiness in one part...1825, James Mill, Jurisprudence

Origin of pretium affectionis

From Latin [Term?].

Questions about pretium affectionis

What does pretium affectionis mean?
Pretium affectionis means sentimental value.
What part of speech is pretium affectionis?
Pretium affectionis is a noun.

Words near pretium affectionis in the dictionary

  1. pretins
  2. pretious
  3. pretiously
  4. pretirement
  5. pretitrated
  6. pretium affectionis
  7. Pretlove
  8. Pretloves
  9. Pretlow
  10. Pretlows
  11. pretoddler

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