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responsum

[ ri-spon-suhm ]

noun

, plural re·spon·sa [ri-, spon, -s, uh].
  1. the reply of a noted rabbi or Jewish scholar as rendered in the Responsa.


responsum

/ rɪˈspɒnsəm /

noun

  1. Judaism a written answer from a rabbinic authority to a question submitted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of responsum1

1895–1900; < New Latin, Latin respōnsum a reply; response
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Word History and Origins

Origin of responsum1

Latin, literally: reply, response
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Example Sentences

Responsum est eum Romae summam potestatem habiturum, qui primus matrem osculatus esset.

Legato Romano res repetenti superbe responsum est a Latinis; quare bellum hoc modo eis indictum est.

Responsum accipit, quod Dominos plures haberent qui jubentur omnes, ante regem comparere.

Hunc, cum responsum petitur, navigio aurato gestant Sacerdotes, multis argenteis pateris ab utroque navigii latere pendentibus.

Responsum autem in re tanti momenti dari debuisset clarum, perspicuum et omnis ambiguitatis expers.

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