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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DIRIMENT

From Latin dirimēns separating, from Latin dirimere to part, from dis-1 + emere to obtain.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DIRIMENT

diriment  [ˈdɪrɪmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIRIMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Diriment is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DIRIMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of diriment in the English dictionary

The definition of diriment in the dictionary is totally invalidating. Other definition of diriment is nullifying.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIRIMENT


decrement
ˈdɛkrɪmənt
deployment
dɪˈplɔɪmənt
detriment
ˈdɛtrɪmənt
dreariment
ˈdrɪərɪmənt
element
ˈɛlɪmənt
employment
ɪmˈplɔɪmənt
excrement
ˈɛkskrɪmənt
experiment
ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt
herriment
ˈhɛrɪmənt
implement
ˈɪmplɪmənt
increment
ˈɪnkrɪmənt
merriment
ˈmɛrɪmənt
nutriment
ˈnjuːtrɪmənt
payment
ˈpeɪmənt
preexperiment
ˌpriːɪkˈspɛrɪmənt
recrement
ˈrɛkrɪmənt
supplement
ˈsʌplɪmənt
unemployment
ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt
wariment
ˈwɛərɪmənt
worriment
ˈwʌrɪmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIRIMENT

dirgeful
dirgelike
dirham
Dirichlet
dirige
dirigent
dirigibility
dirigible
dirigisme
dirigiste
dirk
dirl
dirndl
dirndl skirt
dirt
dirt bike
dirt cheap
dirt farmer
dirt floor
dirt road

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIRIMENT

accompaniment
advertisement
aliment
compliment
condiment
control experiment
embodiment
habiliment
impediment
left-handed compliment
liniment
muniment
parachute regiment
piment
presentiment
raiment
regiment
rudiment
sediment
sentiment
speech impediment

Synonyms and antonyms of diriment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «diriment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIRIMENT

Find out the translation of diriment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of diriment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «diriment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

diriment
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dirimente
570 millions of speakers

English

diriment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शून्य करनेवाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

diriment
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аннулирующий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dirimente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাতিলযোগ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dirimant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dirimit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

diriment
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

diriment
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

diriment
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Diriment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bải bỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

diriment
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दु: ख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tamamen feshedici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dirimente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

diriment
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

анулює
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

diriment
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

diriment
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

annulerend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

diriment
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

diriment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of diriment

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRIMENT»

The term «diriment» is used very little and occupies the 175.354 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRIMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «diriment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «diriment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about diriment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIRIMENT»

Discover the use of diriment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to diriment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law
CHAPTER II DIRIMENT IMPEDIMENTS IN GENERAL1 [cc. 1073-1082]2 The code devotes ten canons to general principles about impediments to marriage and their dispensation. These canons treat: general notions about impediments ( cc.
John P. Beal, James A. Coriden, Thomas Joseph Green, 2000
2
Marriage in Canon Law: Texts and Comments, Reflections and ...
The old Code listed five "impedient" and thirteen "diriment" impediments, some of them (crime, consanguinity, affinity) quite far reaching and complicated. The new Code is restrained; it lists twelve diriment impediments. On the whole they are ...
Ladislas Örsy, 1986
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An Introduction to Canon Law
Diriment Impediments. A diriment impediment renders a person incapable of contracting marriage validly (c. 1073). Impediments are canonical obstacles to marriage. They are circumstances or conditions of a person or of the relationship  ...
James A. Coriden, 1991
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From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in ...
Absolute (or diriment) impediments were more serious. They prohibited the contracting of marriage altogether and, upon discovery, rendered the marriage void, regardless of what the parties wished. Two clusters of absolute impediments were ...
John Witte, 2012
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Faith Facts: Answers to Catholic Questions
Diriment Impediments A diriment impediment is a situation or condition that makes a person incapable of entering marriage. 9 If a diriment impediment exists, no marriage is contracted, even if consent is exchanged. Before a priest witnesses a ...
Leon J. Suprenant, Philip C. L. Gray, 2003
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Pope Gregory II on Divorce and Remarriage
The whole structure of the Decretals shows how the notion of diriment impediments with the consequent invalidity (or nullity) of acts attempted in defiance of them had been clarified. TM Since the situation described in Q.P. could so naturally ...
William Kelly, 1976
7
To Love, Honor, and Obey in Colonial Mexico: Conflicts Over ...
The more serious category of impediments was labeled "diriment" by canonists. A diriment impediment was of sufficient consequence to nullify a marriage even after it had been consummated and children born. If discovered before the ...
‎1992
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Henry VIII
However, if the nun were either the man's second cousin or his sister-in-law, and if the consequent diriment impediment of consanguinity or affinity had not been dispensed, then the marriage would have been null and void from the start.
J. J. Scarisbrick, 1968
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The Structuralist Controversy: The Languages of Criticism ...
The first, which he calls diriment, "separated," is a passe" composé with the auxiliary avoir [to have]; this tense supposes an interruption of the action due to the initiative of the speaker. Take for example the verb marcher [to walk], an entirely ...
Richard Macksey, Eugenio Donato, 2007
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Ministers and Ministries in the Local Church: A ...
It is called diriment if it results in the invalidity of a marriage (c. 1073). The impediments legislated in the present codes are all diriment. Diriment impediments invalidate marriages even when the parties bound by them are ignorant of or in error ...
Sebastian S. Karambai, 2005

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIRIMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term diriment is used in the context of the following news items.
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Wednesday's event pick: “Wildly Strange” by Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Ralph Eugene Meatyard Occasion for Diriment, 1962 Gelatin silver print, 7.25 x 7.25 in. Guy Davenport Collection, Harry Ransom Center. «austin360, May 15»
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Things to do Wednesday, May 13.
Ralph Eugene Meatyard's “Occasion for Diriment,” part of the Blanton Museum's upcoming “Wildly Strange” exhibit featuring Meatyard's ... «Austin American-Statesman, May 15»
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Things to do Saturday, May 2
Ralph Eugene Meatyard “Occasion for Diriment, 1962” gelatin silver print, from the Guy Davenport Collection, Harry Ransom Center, is part of ... «Austin American-Statesman, May 15»
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Tuesday's event pick: “Wildly Strange”
Ralph Eugene Meatyard's “Occasion for Diriment,” part of the Blanton Museum's upcoming “Wildly Strange” exhibit featuring Meatyard's ... «austin360, Mar 15»
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Things to do Tuesday, March 10
Ralph Eugene Meatyard's “Occasion for Diriment,” part of the Blanton Museum's upcoming “Wildly Strange” exhibit featuring Meatyard's ... «Austin American-Statesman, Mar 15»
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Things to do Saturday, March 7
Ralph Eugene Meatyard's “Occasion for Diriment,” part of the Blanton Museum's upcoming “Wildly Strange” exhibit featuring Meatyard's ... «Austin American-Statesman, Mar 15»
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Nuns bucked by papal bulls
Joan Seymour promotes DIY 'Clandestine marriages an issue dealt with way back and since the Council of Trent Clandestinity is a diriment ... «Eureka Street, Apr 12»
8
Kris Humphries wants to annul “fraudulent” marriage
In order to annul a marriage you need diriment impediment, or reason considered valid to void a marraige. In California, these include must be ... «Starcasm.net, Nov 11»
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Haunting the lens: Ralph Eugene Meatyard at the de Young
Occasion for Diriment, for instance, one of the few titled photos within “Dolls and Masks” that combines the words “Dire” and “Merriment” ... «San Francisco Bay Guardian, Oct 11»

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