Definition of "sancta" []

• A plural of sanctum. (noun)

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• "It is only to such an assembly that it is lawful to apply the term sancta synodus (see GENERAL COUNCILS)."
• "In another way it denotes firmness, wherefore in olden times the term "sancta" was applied to such things as were upheld by law and were not to be violated."
• "Judica me Deus, et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab homine iniquo et doloso erue me."