Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An adage or aphorism.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin; see sentence.]

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Examples

  • In that case the doctrine is termed sententia de haeresi suspecta, haeresim sapiens; that is, an opinion suspected, or savouring, of heresy (see CENSURES, THEOLOGICAL).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

  • You've got "sententia" sitting right there as the third word.

    When Latin Tattoos Go Wrong Walter Jon Williams 2010

  • Come to think of it, it should read "sententia" but you managed to misspell in Latin the word you misspelled in English.

    When Latin Tattoos Go Wrong Walter Jon Williams 2010

  • Reading out excerpts from The Girls to my wife, I found that the same aspersion annoyed her much less as a sententia — “When one goes out with a woman, it does not matter whether a thing is good or bad, but only that it should cost a great deal of money” — than as an aside: “We all know how expensive women are.”

    Monster of Marriage 2010

  • Reading out excerpts from The Girls to my wife, I found that the same aspersion annoyed her much less as a sententia — “When one goes out with a woman, it does not matter whether a thing is good or bad, but only that it should cost a great deal of money” — than as an aside: “We all know how expensive women are.”

    Monster of Marriage 2010

  • Reading out excerpts from The Girls to my wife, I found that the same aspersion annoyed her much less as a sententia — “When one goes out with a woman, it does not matter whether a thing is good or bad, but only that it should cost a great deal of money” — than as an aside: “We all know how expensive women are.”

    Monster of Marriage 2010

  • But while the arguments challenging the Oprah-as-Jesus sententia could fill a studio audience, it's the talk show queen's brand new venture that, ironically, just might highlight the strongest of them.

    Chez Pazienza: Oprah's Big Oprah: You Will Be Inspired... or Else 2008

  • Inevitably though, CNN -- particularly American Morning -- chose to wear down and ultimately piss away this asset in favor of an on-air acquisition that fell right in line with the tried-and-true "TV" sententia: Veronica De La Cruz.

    Chez Pazienza: Say What You Will (Requiem for a TV News Career) 2008

  • “Military” theory of virtue: almost barbaric (ex mea sententia hgd.).

    Cyropaedia 2007

  • This counsel was embraced, factum est, and it was registered forthwith, Et sic bona sententia mansit, malus auctor mutatus est.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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