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Meaning of "licitness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LICITNESS

licitness  [ˈlɪsɪtnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LICITNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Licitness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LICITNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of licitness in the English dictionary

The definition of licitness in the dictionary is the quality of being lawful; legality.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LICITNESS


airtightness
ˈɛətaɪtnəs
commensurateness
kəˈmensərɪtnəs
decrepitness
dɪˈkrɛpɪtnəs
definiteness
ˈdɛfɪnɪtnəs
dulcetness
ˈdʌlsɪtnəs
explicitness
ɪkˈsplɪsɪtnəs
exquisiteness
ɪkˈskwɪzɪtnəs
finiteness
ˈfaɪnaɪtnəs
implicitness
ɪmˈplɪsɪtnəs
inappropriateness
ˌɪnəˈprəʊprɪɪtnəs
indefiniteness
ɪnˈdefɪnɪtnəs
inexplicitness
ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪsɪtnəs
innateness
ɪnˈeɪtnəs
irateness
aɪˈreɪtnəs
mediateness
ˈmiːdɪeɪtnəs
oblateness
ɒbˈleɪtnəs
straitness
ˈstreɪtnəs
tacitness
ˈtæsɪtnəs
up-to-dateness
ˌʌptəˈdeɪtnəs
watertightness
ˈwɔːtəˌtaɪtnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LICITNESS

lichgate
lichi
licht
Lichtenstein
lichtly
lichwake
lichway
licit
licitly
lick
lick into shape
lick one´s chops
lick one´s lips
lick one´s wounds
lick the boots of
lick-alike
licker
lickerish
lickerishly

WORDS THAT END LIKE LICITNESS

alertness
brightness
business
correctness
expert witness
eyewitness
fitness
greatness
hotness
lightness
physical fitness
political correctness
promptness
robustness
shortness
softness
sweetness
tartness
tightness
wetness
witness

Synonyms and antonyms of licitness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «licitness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LICITNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

licitness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

licitud
570 millions of speakers

English

licitness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

licitness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

licitness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

licitness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

liceidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

licitness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

licéité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyelidik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

licitness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

licitness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

licitness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngerteni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

licitness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

licitness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लायसीटिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

licitness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

liceità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

licitness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

licitness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

licitness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

licitness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

licitness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

licitness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

licitness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of licitness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LICITNESS»

The term «licitness» is used very little and occupies the 193.387 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LICITNESS» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LICITNESS»

Discover the use of licitness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to licitness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Examination of ... Mr Harris's Scriptural Researches on the ...
He who acquiesces not in the licitness of the slave trade, dishelieves the S' criptures'." Answered in Corol. 2. Corol. 6th. " The abuses of' the slave rude not an inducement to the Legislature to abolish it." If the slave'trade be, as it certainly is, ...
James RAMSAY (Vicar of Teston.), 1788
2
Scriptural Researches on the Licitness of the Slave-Trade: ...
Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time.
R. Harris, 2012
3
Scriptural Researches on the Licitness of the Slave-Trade,: ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Harris R (Raymund), 2011
4
Examination of the REV. Mr. Harris's Scriptural Researches ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Ramsay James 1733-1789, 2011
5
The African Slave Trade and Its Suppression: A Classified ...
Mr. Harris's ''Scriptural researches on the licitness of the slave-trade”. T. Cadell, London, 1788. 34 pp. A SCRIPTURAL refutation of a pamphlet, lately published, by the Rev. Raymund Harris, intitled, ''Scriptural researches on the licitness of the  ...
Peter Hogg, 2014
6
Transnational Flows and Permissive Polities: Ethnographies ...
I alluded earlier to the notion of moral disjunctions, and it is worth returning to this briefly to consider how illegality can be differently constituted as licit across a range of contexts and individuals. Like 'illegality', moral acceptability or licitness is ...
Barak Kalir, Malini Sur, 2012
7
Global Human Smuggling: Comparative Perspectives
While it is the letter of the law that determines il/legality in the management of migration regimes, it is the social perceptions of those who are involved in the actualization of migratory processes that define il/licitness. I take my cue here from the ...
David Kyle, Rey Koslowski, 2011
8
On the Regulation of Birth
Licitness of Therapeutic Means 15. The Church, on the contrary, does not at all consider illicit the use of those therapeutic means truly necessary to cure diseases of the organism, even if an impediment to procreation, which may be foreseen, ...
Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI), 1968
9
The State and Illegality in Indonesia
The licitness of illegal activities Another theme that recurs in the chapters that follow therefore concerns the social legitimacy or 'licitness' (Abraham and Van Schendel 2005) of much of the illegal behaviour that we discuss. Many of our ...
E. Aspinall, G. van Klinken, 2011
10
Thomas Clarkson and Ottobah Cugoano: Essays on the Slavery ...
That if one or more decisions of the Written Word of god give a positive sanction to the intrinsic licitness of any human pursuit (for instance, the slave-Trade), whoever professes to believe the incontrovertible veracity of the Written Word of god, ...
Mary-Antoinette Smith, 2010

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LICITNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term licitness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Maybe They Didn't Take Away The Old Mass Because They Like Us
Before there can be any discussion of the Novus Ordo the concepts of "validity" and "licitness" must be understood. If a Mass is INVALID, Our ... «Pewsitter, Jul 15»
2
A Parent's Dilemma: To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate
... the use of such vaccines should not be misinterpreted as a declaration of the licitness of their production, marketing and use; and the use of ... «National Catholic Register, Mar 15»
3
What Does the Catholic Church Say About Adopting Embryos?
In favor of prenatal adoption (2006): Drs. Monica Lopez Barahona, Ramon Lucas, Salvador Antuñano: The moral licitness of embryo adoption «Aleteia, Dec 14»
4
The Case Against False Assertions
Smith makes a general point concerning the fidelity to Catholic teachings of those who defend the licitness of false assertion (by which we ... «First Things, Sep 11»
5
Vatican says 'sex-change' operation does not change person's gender
An analysis of the moral licitness of "sex-change" operations. It concludes that the procedure could be morally acceptable in certain extreme ... «National Catholic Reporter, Sep 11»
6
St. Paul, in historical context
Anyway, whatever one's views on the moral licitness of homosexuality, I think it's helpful to all of us to know the cultural context in which Paul stated his views. «Beliefnet.com, Feb 10»

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