Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postliminium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: postli-m-ini-um
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The right by virtue of which persons and things taken by an enemy in war are restored to their former state when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Postliminium […]is a right recognized by the law of nations , and contributes essentially to mitigate the calamities of war"

Etymology

From Latin postlīminium.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: postlīminium

Usage

Inflected Forms

postliminia (plural) postliminy (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

postliminiary

Questions

What does postliminium mean?: The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy
Where does postliminium come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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