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homo sacer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
ho-mo sac-er
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Ancient Roman law, a person who was banned and could be killed by anybody, but not sacrificed in a religious ritual.

Etymology

Latin

Questions

What does homo sacer mean?
In Ancient Roman law, a person who was banned and could be killed by anybody, but not sacrificed in a religious ritual.
Where does homo sacer come from?
Latin

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