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Definition of Terminus ad quem
1. Noun. Final or latest limiting point.
Definition of Terminus ad quem
1. Noun. the latest possible date of a non-punctual event (period, era, etc.) ¹
2. Noun. an objective or goal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terminus Ad Quem
Literary usage of Terminus ad quem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Remains of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury by Thomas Cranmer, Henry Jenkyns (1833)
"... both in regeneration, and in nutrition or augmentation : and in regeneration
terminus a quo is the son of perdition, and terminus ad quem is the son of ..."
2. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg, Theodore Meyer, James Martin (1858)
"As the first gate is represented here as the first terminus ad quem, reckoning
from the Benjamin's gate, so do we find the old gate mentioned immediately ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance of Every Kind by Joseph Asbury Joyce (1917)
"In the latter case the terminus ad quem of the voyage insured is absolutely lost
sight of and given up. The vessel may sail for an entirely different port ..."
4. A Handbook of Scientific and Literary Bible Difficulties: Or, Facts and by Robert Tuck (1891)
"With Auberlen and Pusey the 'terminus a quo' is the return to Jerusalem sanctioned
by Artaxerxes in his seventh year (BC 457), the 'terminus ad quem,' the ..."
5. Ancient and Modern Familiar Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern (1875)
"NB The literal meaning of "terrae motus" is an earthquake. Terminus a quo and
terminus ad quem. Lat.—" My terminus a quo, as the lawyers call it, ..."
6. Elements of Philosophy: Comprising Logic and Ontology Or General Metaphysics by Walter Henry Hill (1879)
"Third: The terminus a quo must cease to exist in the subject, and be succeeded
by the terminus ad quem, the cessation of the one and the succession of the ..."
7. A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages (1869)
"Terminus a quo and terminus ad quem. Lat. — " My terminus a quo, as the lawyers
call it, was Fleet Street, and my terminus ad quem, Charing Cross. ..."
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