em-, emp-, empt- (sump-, -sum-)

1. Pertaining to or regulating expenditure.
2. Someone who is responsible for expenditures.

1. A reference to buildings, apparel, repasts, and the like: Made or produced at great cost; costly and (hence) magnificent in workmanship, construction, decoration, etc.
2. With reference to natural objects, splendid or magnificent in appearance.

Receive, O Earth, what was taken from thy body.

Epitaph of Pope Gregory the Great.

The underlying agreements or statements made in the development of a logical argument, course of action, decision, or judgment that are not explicitly voiced nor necessarily understood by the decision maker or judge.

Some examples of tacit assumptions are those arguments supporting moral, religious, racist, organizational culture, and political arguments.

By Virtue and Example.

Motto of German Emperor Joseph II (1765-1790).