APOSTATA CAPIENDO
\ɐpəstˈɑːtə kapˈi͡əndə͡ʊ], \ɐpəstˈɑːtə kapˈiəndəʊ], \ɐ_p_ə_s_t_ˈɑː_t_ə k_a_p_ˈiə_n_d_əʊ]\
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An obsolete English writ which issued against an apostate, or one who had violated the rules of his religious order. It was addressed to the sheriff, and commanded him to deliver the defendant into the custodv of the abbot or prior. Reg. Orig. 71, 207; Jacob; Wharton.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Nearby Words
- apostasies
- apostasis
- apostasy
- apostasy, apostacy
- apostata
- APOSTATA CAPIENDO
- apostate
- apostatic
- apostatical
- apostatise
- apostatize