in foro conscientiae
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
8
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
morally, but not necessarily legally.
Example Sentences
- "Those human laws, that annex a punishment to it, do not at all increase it’s moral guilt, or superadd any fresh obligation in foro conscientiae to abstain from it’s perpetration."
- "The principle of the censorship is still uncompromisingly maintained by the Roman Catholic Church; and this, though in general binding only in foro conscientiae, has necessarily had considerable importance in states which recognize the papacy as an independent power relations with which are established by concordat."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: in forō conscientiae