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Definition of praemunire in English: praemunirenoun ˌpriːmjuːˈnɪəriˌprēmyo͝oˈnīrē mass nounhistorical 1The offence of asserting or maintaining papal jurisdiction in England. Example sentencesExamples - He had already moved against the clergy with accusations of praemunire and in 1532 forbade the payment of Annates or first fruits to Rome.
- 1.1count noun A writ charging a sheriff to summon a person accused of this offence.
Example sentencesExamples - The penalties for non-attendance for Catholic recusants were fines of 20 [pounds sterling] for the first month, 40 [pounds sterling] for the second, 100 [pounds sterling] for the third, and the pains of praemunire for the fourth.
- In his play the fox priest's punishment imitates the praemunire of all recusants whose ‘substance all be straight confiscate’.
Origin Late Middle English: from medieval Latin, 'forewarn', from Latin praemonere, from prae 'beforehand' + monere 'warn'. The term comes from praemunire facias 'that you warn (a person to appear)', part of the wording in the writ. Rhymes beery, bleary, cheery, dearie, dreary, Dun Laoghaire, eerie, eyrie (US aerie), Kashmiri, leery, peri, query, smeary, teary, theory, weary Definition of praemunire in US English: praemunirenounˌprēmyo͝oˈnīrē historical 1The offense of asserting or maintaining papal jurisdiction in England. Example sentencesExamples - He had already moved against the clergy with accusations of praemunire and in 1532 forbade the payment of Annates or first fruits to Rome.
- 1.1 A writ charging a sheriff to summon a person accused of this offense.
Example sentencesExamples - The penalties for non-attendance for Catholic recusants were fines of 20 [pounds sterling] for the first month, 40 [pounds sterling] for the second, 100 [pounds sterling] for the third, and the pains of praemunire for the fourth.
- In his play the fox priest's punishment imitates the praemunire of all recusants whose ‘substance all be straight confiscate’.
Origin Late Middle English: from medieval Latin, ‘forewarn’, from Latin praemonere, from prae ‘beforehand’ + monere ‘warn’. The term comes from praemunire facias ‘that you warn (a person to appear)’, part of the wording in the writ. |