motu proprio
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See also: motuproprio
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin motu proprio, from ablative form of classical Latin motus (“motion”) + proprius (“one’s own”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
motu proprio (not comparable)
- Of one’s own free will, of one’s own volition.
Noun[edit]
motu proprio (plural motu proprios)
- A document issued by the Pope on his own initiative directed to the Roman Catholic Church.
See also[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From post-classical Latin motū propriō, from ablative form of classical Latin motus (“motion”) + proprius (“one’s own”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- motu proprio
- 2008, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, translated by Nelleke Geel, Het spel van de engel [The game of the angel], translation of El juego del ángel (in Spanish):
- Mijn instinct zei me dat als hij me weer wilde zien, hij dat motu proprio zou doen en wat deze onvermijdelijke ontmoeting betrof, voelde ik niet de geringste haast.
- My instinct told me that if he wanted to see me again, he would do so motu proprio and concerning this unavoidable meeting, I didn’t feel the least of haste.
Spanish[edit]
Adverb[edit]
Noun[edit]
motu proprio m (plural motu proprio)
Further reading[edit]
- “motu proprio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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