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  • noun A disciple of Hermogenes.

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Examples

  • Gaius; five books of the _Sententiae Receptae_ of Julius Paulus; thirteen titles of the Gregorian code; two titles of the Hermogenian code; and a fragment of the first book of the _Responsa Papiniani_.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

  • In the first year of his reign he directed the faithful Tribonian and nine learned associates to revise the ordinances of his predecessors, as they were contained, since the time of Adrian, in the Gregorian, Hermogenian, and

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885

  • That Theodosius designed a great reform in the legislation; to add to the Gregorian and Hermogenian codes all the new constitutions from Constantine to his own day; and to frame a second code for common use with extracts from the three codes, and from the works of the civil lawyers.

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • But as their number continually multiplied, the rule of obedience became each day more doubtful and obscure, till the will of the sovereign was fixed and ascertained in the Gregorian, the Hermogenian, and the Theodosian codes.

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • In the first year of his reign, he directed the faithful Tribonian, and nine learned associates, to revise the ordinances of his predecessors, as they were contained, since the time of Adrian, in the Gregorian Hermogenian, and

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • In the first year of his reign, he directed the faithful Tribonian, and nine learned associates, to revise the ordinances of his predecessors, as they were contained, since the time of Adrian, in the Gregorian Hermogenian, and

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • But as their number continually multiplied, the rule of obedience became each day more doubtful and obscure, till the will of the sovereign was fixed and ascertained in the Gregorian, the Hermogenian, and the

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • That Theodosius designed a great reform in the legislation; to add to the Gregorian and Hermogenian codes all the new constitutions from Constantine to his own day; and to frame a second code for common use with extracts from the three codes, and from the works of the civil lawyers.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • In the first year of his reign, he directed the faithful Tribonian, and nine learned associates, to revise the ordinances of his predecessors, as they were contained, since the time of Adrian, in the Gregorian Hermogenian, and Theodosian codes; to purge the errors and contradictions, to retrench whatever was obsolete or superfluous, and to select the wise and salutary laws best adapted to the practice of the tribunals and the use of his subjects.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Hermogenian, and Theodofian codes, and add to them fuch ts had been publifhed by Theodofius the youngef, and the other lawful emperors his fucceflbrs, down to his own reign.

    An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time 1780

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