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Brewer's: Ex Cathedra
(Latin). With authority. The Pope, speaking ex cathedra, is said to speak with an infallible voice—to speak as the successor and representative of St. Peter, and in his pontifical…Brewer's: Ex Hypothesi
according to what is supposed or assumed. “The justification of the charge [i.e. the tax for betterment] lies ex hypothesi in an enhanced value of the property in the Betterment area.” —…Brewer's: Ex Officio
(Latin, by virtue of his office). As, the Lord Mayor for the time being shall be ex officio one of the trustees. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Ex ParteEx…Brewer's: Ex Parte
(Latin, proceeding only from one of the parties). An ex-parte statement is a one-sided statement, a partial statement, a statement made by one of the litigants without being modified by…Brewer's: Ex Professo
(Latin). Avowedly; expressly. “I have never written ex professo on the subject.” —Gladstone: Nineteenth Century, Nov., 1885. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Arthur Upson: Ex Libris
Ex LibrisArthur UpsonIn an old book at even as I read Fast fading words adown my shadowy page, I crossed a tale of how, in other age, At Arqua, with his books around him, sped The word to…Brewer's: Ex Luce Lucellum
To make a gain out of light; to make a cheese-paring from lucifer-matches. When Robert Lowe proposed to tax lucifer-matches, he suggested that the boxes should be labelled Ex luce lucellum…Brewer's: Ex Ped'e Herculem
From this sample you can judge of the whole. Plutarch says that Pythagoras ingeniously calculated the height of Hercules by comparing the length of various stadia in Greece. A stadium was…Brewer's: Ex Post Facto
(Latin). An ex post facto law. A law made to meet and punish a crime after the offence has been committed. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Ex ProfessoEx Ped…Brewer's: Ex Uno Omnes
means from the one instance deduced you may infer the nature of the rest. A general inference from a particular example. If one oak-tree bears acorns, all other oak-trees will grow similar…Trending
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