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responsum

responsum is the singular of responsa.

Meaning of responsa

Noun

responsa pl (normally plural, singular responsum)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.

Origin of responsum

From Latin respōnsum. Doublet of response.

Questions about responsum

What is responsum the singular of?
Responsum is the singular of responsa.

Words near responsum in the dictionary

  1. responsorials
  2. responsories
  3. responsorium
  4. responsors
  5. responsory
  6. responsum
  7. responsure
  8. respool
  9. respooled
  10. respooler
  11. respoolers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: responsum (page history and authors); responsa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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