motu proprio
See also: motuproprio
English edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin motu proprio, from ablative form of classical Latin motus (“motion”) + proprius (“one’s own”).
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Adverb edit
motu proprio (not comparable)
- Of one’s own free will, of one’s own volition.
Noun edit
motu proprio (plural motu proprios)
- A document issued by the Pope on his own initiative directed to the Roman Catholic Church.
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From post-classical Latin motū propriō, from ablative form of classical Latin motus (“motion”) + proprius (“one’s own”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
- motu proprio
- 2008, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, translated by Nelleke Geel, Het spel van de engel [The game of the angel], translation of El juego del ángel (in Spanish):
- Mijn instinct zei me dat als hij me weer wilde zien, hij dat motu proprio zou doen en wat deze onvermijdelijke ontmoeting betrof, voelde ik niet de geringste haast.
- My instinct told me that if he wanted to see me again, he would do so motu proprio and concerning this unavoidable meeting, I didn’t feel the least of haste.
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Noun edit
motu proprio m (plural motu proprio)
Further reading edit
- “motu proprio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014