Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The upper layers of a soil profile in which topsoil formation occurs.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Scots law, ground; a piece of ground.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- From Latin solum ("base, bottom; soil"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin, base, ground. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Now, it is a peculiarity of our German language, whenever a statement is made regarding two things, one of which is affirmed while the other is negatived, to add the word solum, 'alone,' to the word 'not' or 'none.”
Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation
“I knew full well," he says, "that in the Latin and Greek texts of Rom. 3, 28 the word solum”
Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation
“Non solum sed etiam, the term “pirate” is simply puerile when real pirates are operating out of the coast of somalia, for how can the designation be shared between two entirely unrelated activities?”
“Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad caelum et ad inferos.”
“Homo potest simul multa intendere, quia est intentio non solum finis ultimi, sed etiam finis medii: simul autem intendit aliquis et finem proximum, et ulti...”
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“For this elderly veteran, it is a case of one musician suffering years of mental anguish that interrupted and ended full dedication to a socially useful calling, replaced by solum duty to be the perennial conscience-stricken protester.”
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“A patriarch in my Irish/Scots family established for us the credo — non nobis solum nati sumas - We exist not for ourselves alone.”
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“Amadeus of Savoy, many bishops having objected against that prince that he had been married, Æneas Sylvius, who was afterwards pope, under the name of Pius II., supported the election of Amadeus in these words: “Non solum qui uxorem habuit, sed uxorem habens, potest assumere” — “Not only may he be made a pope who has been married, but also he who is so.””
““Cavendum non solum crimine turpitudinis, sed etiam suspicione.””
“Ii solum damnantur, qui oblatam Christi gratium rejiciunt.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘solum’.
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phrontistery-s
from phrontistery.info
sabaton, sabbatarian, sabbulonarium, sabelline, sabin, sable, sabliere, sabot, sabretache, sabulous, saburration, saccade and 1593 more...
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Pet Rocks and Carbon Footprints
Soil samples for stone soup.
palynology, stratigraphy, tse'bit'ai, tse bitai, tse bit ai, bitai, minette, maar, lithosphere, peridotite, gneiss, gabbro and 115 more...
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Verba Dilecta
delectable, notate, pauciloquy, paucity, pauciloquent, paucify, interscapilium, uropygium, inferna, nota, equipollent, prepollent and 677 more...
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Grounded Words
an Eckhartian exercise of grinding
grind, grist, refrain, ground, grit, mitochondrion, groats, grout, gruel, great, gruesome, gravel and 162 more...
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W.E.L.D.E.R.
réchauffé, gast, dere, heller, arête, wair, tut, shad, tipi, emeu, codon, unco and 65 more...
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