The story
- Medieval Latin · learned borrowing fromopus operātum
- English todayopus operatum
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin opus operātum (literally “work done”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
opus operatum
Today it means: The spiritual effect in the performance of a religious rite which accrues from the virtue inherent in it, or by grace imparted to it, irrespective of the performer. Full definition →
Medieval Latin opus operātum