LATROCINIUM
\lˌatɹəsˈɪni͡əm], \lˌatɹəsˈɪniəm], \l_ˌa_t_ɹ_ə_s_ˈɪ_n_iə_m]\
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By Henry Campbell Black
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lat-r[=o]-sin'i-um, n. the Robber-Council, that held at Ephesus in 449, in which the doctrines of the heretic Eutyches were upheld by means of intimidation--its acts revoked at the oecumenical council of Chalcedon in 451: larceny: right of adjudging and executing thieves. [L., robbery.]
By Thomas Davidson
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.