Definition of "fomes" [‖Fo•mes]

• Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs. (noun)

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• "But the lessening of the fomes, which is the law of sin, is set down as an effect not of this sacrament, but rather of Baptism."
• "And although the grace of her sanctification contributed to this effect, yet it did not suffice; for otherwise the result of her sanctification would have been to render impossible in her any sensual movement not preceded by an act of reason, and thus she would not have had the fomes, which is contrary to what we have said above (A. 3)."
• "Virgin Mother's or anyone else's flesh should be without the fomes, which is called "the law of the flesh" or "of the members" (Rom."