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- noun plurale tantum The
sum of all thepolitical ,economic ,technological ,scientific ,military ,geographical , andpsychological knowledge of themasses and of theirrepresentatives . Usuallycontrasted withscienda .
Etymologies
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Christianis, vt saltem scita veraciter voluntate et intentione ipsorum, possemus illam patefacere Christianis, ne forte subito irruentes inuenirent eos imparatos, sicut peccatis hominum exigentibus alia vice contigit: et fecerunt magnam stragem in populo Christiano.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Ubi sunt isti scortatores, qui soli inviti cubant? haec nox scita est exercendo scorto conducto male.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Reimmannus carries his strictures, upon the jealousy of foreigners at the success of the Germans in bibliography, with a high hand: "Ringantur Itali, nasum incurvent Galli, supercilium adducant Hispani, scita cavilla serant Britanni, frendeant, spument, bacchentur ii omnes, qui præstantiam
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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Jam vero illud stultissimum existimare omnia justa esse, quæ scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus, "etc." Quod si populorum jussis, si principum decretis, si sententiis judicum jura constituerentur, jus esset latrocinari, jus adulterare, jus testamenta falsa supponere, si hæc suffragiis aut scitis multitudinis probarentur. "
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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