liceity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /lɪˈsiːɪti/
Etymology
From Latin licere.
Meanings
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(qualifier:religious, uncountable, usually) The legitimacy of an act or its consequences, by opposition to the validity.
Validity affects the act, while liceity affects the 'legality' of the act. So if a baptism is invalid, then the baptism never occurred (i.e. one has not been baptized and needs to be baptized). So if a baptism is illicit, then it was not celebrated under the structures that the Catholic Church has defined (i.e. one has been baptized, but the Sacrament was not celebrated in a way directed/authorized by the Church or with the full approval of the Church).
2011, “Validity and liceity”, in Ship of Saint-Peter, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2011:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| liceities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (2)
fr licéité (legitimacy of an act) · it liceità (legitimacy of an act)