Etymology

opus operantis

Today it means: The spiritual effect in the performance of a religious rite that is ascribed chiefly or exclusively to the disposition of the recipient. Full definition →

Medieval Latin opus operantis
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  1. Medieval Latin · learned borrowing fromopus operantis
  2. English todayopus operantis

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin opus operantis (literally “work of the worker”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.