Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

liceity

/lɪˈsiːɪti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: li-ce-ity
IPA: /lɪˈsiːɪti/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The legitimacy of an act or its consequences, by opposition to the validity.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Validity affects the act, while liceity affects the 'legality' of the act. So if a baptism is invalid, then the baptism never occurred (i.e. one has not been baptized and needs to be baptized). So if a baptism is illicit, then it was not celebrated under the structures that the Catholic Church has defined (i.e. one has been baptized, but the Sacrament was not celebrated in a way directed/authorized by the Church or with the full approval of the Church)."

Etymology

From Latin licere.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: licere

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

liceities (plural)

Synonyms

legitimacy

Questions

How do you pronounce liceity?: The recorded pronunciation is /lɪˈsiːɪti/.
What does liceity mean?: The legitimacy of an act or its consequences, by opposition to the validity.
Where does liceity come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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