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- Ecclesiastical Latin · calque ofpiārum aurium offēnsīvus
- English todayoffensive to pious ears
Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin piārum aurium offēnsīvus.
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offensive to pious ears
Today it means: Describing a doctrine or proposition that is not heretical, but formulated improperly or ambiguously and hence liable to cause scandal. A formal censure. Full definition →
Ecclesiastical Latin piārum aurium offēnsīvus