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Suppression of Monasteries in Continental Europe

Suppression of Monasteries in Continental Europe Under this title will be treated only the suppressions of religious houses (whether monastic in the strict sense or houses of the mendicant orders) since the Reformation. The somewhat more general subject of state encroachments on Church property will be found treated under such titles as LAICIZATION; COMMENDATORY ABBOT; … Continue reading “Suppression of Monasteries in Continental Europe”

Supposititious

Supposititious (Lat suppositions, put in the place of, substituted) Epistemological expression applying to any object which is assumed or posited by the mind without being actually given by experience. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Suppositio simplex

Suppositio simplex The use of a common noun to stand for the class concept to which it refers — “Homo est species.” Suppositio simplex was also ascribed to a common noun used for the predicate of an affirmative proposition. — A.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Suppositio personalis

Suppositio personalis The use of a common noun, or class name, to stand for a particular member of the class — “Homo currit.” Contemporary logical usage would supply, in such a case, either a description (corresponding in English to the definite article the) or an existential quantifier (corresponding to the indefinite article a). Suppositio personalis … Continue reading “Suppositio personalis”

Suppositio naturalis

Suppositio naturalis The use of a common noun to stand collectively for everything to which the name applies — “Homo est mortalis.” It would now usually be held that this involves an inadequate or misleading analysis — see copula. — A.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Suppositio

Suppositio In medieval logic, the kind of meaning in use which belongs to nouns or substantives; opposed to copulatio, belonging to adjectives and verbs A given noun having a fixed signification might nevertheless have different suppositiones (stand for different things). Various kinds of suppositio, i.e., various ways in which a noun may stand for something, … Continue reading “Suppositio”

Suppose

Suppose “to consider, suppose, think,” is rendered “to suppose” in Mat 20:10; Luk 2:34; Luk 3:23; Act 7:25; Act 14:19; Act 16:27; Act 21:29; 1Ti 6:5; in 1Co 7:26, AV (RV, “I think”); in Act 16:13, the RV adheres to the meaning “to suppose,” “(where) we supposed (there was a place of prayer);” this word … Continue reading “Suppose”