in articulo mortis en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˌɪnɑːˌtɪkjʊləʊˈmɔːtɪs/ (UK)
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin in articulō mortis (literally “in the article of death”), from in (“during; at”, preposition governing the ablative) + articulō, ablative singular form of articulus (“a joint; figuratively: a point in time, a moment”) + mortis, genitive singular of mors (“death”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) At the moment of death. (In law, especially canon, or church, law, this expression can mean that someone has been given special permission by a competent authority to enter an organization or to receive some sort of exemption or permission at some point not long before they die, such as receiving diaconal or presbyteral ordination or entering religious profession.)
My attention, for the last three years, had been repeatedly drawn to the subject of Mesmerism; and, about nine months ago, it occurred to me, quite suddenly, that in the series of experiments made hitherto, there had been a very remarkable and most unaccountable omission: — no person had as yet been mesmerized in articulo mortis.
1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar:
Synonyms
Translations (4)
cs v okamžik u smrti (at the moment of death) · pl w obliczu śmierci (at the moment of death) · fi kuolinhetkellä (at the moment of death) · fr à l'article de la mort (at the moment of death)