Definition of "tanquam" [tanquam]

• See the quotation. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The second important ambiguity lies in the Latin term tanquam, since it can mean either"
• "Note 37: "Siquidem quamuis beata illa soror in silencii observacione sollicita fuerit nimis, nunquam transgrediens et infringend legem silencii in vita sua, tamen cum graciam illuminantem se minus solito se habere conspexit, strictissimum sibi ipsi silencium indixit, tanquam os ad loquendum ey aures ad audiendum non haberet; ...""
• "Therefore, the tanquam in the definition is to be read “as in fact” and not “as if.”"