sum-, -sum-
(Latin: highest, topmost, chief point)
summon (verb), summons; summoned; summoning
To send for, to call for, to request the presence of, to invite: Mike was told to summon the police to come as soon as possible to stop the burglars from going into the neighbor's house.
The judge summoned three witnesses to testify about the robbery they saw at the bank.
A summoner was an officer of an ecclesiastical court, usually that of a bishop or an archdeacon, whose job it was to deliver a summons to an offending member of the diocese. Offenses dealt with by such courts included "sins of immorality, witchcraft, usury, simony, neglect of the sacraments, and withholding tithes or offering"
summum bonum (Latin phrase)
Translation: "The highest good."
The highest attainable good.
1. The reception (of the Sacrament, of Christ in the Sacrament).
2. The taking of a thing as true without proof; hence, an assumption, premise.; the major premise of a syllogism.
2. The taking of a thing as true without proof; hence, an assumption, premise.; the major premise of a syllogism.
sumptuary (adjective), more sumptuary, most sumptuary
1. Pertaining to the proper management of expenditures by the one who is responsible for paying for services or objects which are produced for sale: While William was going to college, he was reminded by his parents that sumptuary limits had to take place because they still had to take care of his four brothers, too.
2. Etymology: from Latin sumptuarius; from sumptus, "expense"; from sumere, "to consume, tp spend, to take".
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2. Etymology: from Latin sumptuarius; from sumptus, "expense"; from sumere, "to consume, tp spend, to take".
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sumptuous (adjective), more sumptuous, most sumptuous
1. A reference to something that is made or produced at great cost; and hence magnificent in workmanship, construction, decoration, etc.: The building contractors built a sumptuous set of apartments for those millionaires who would be willing to pay a great deal for such luxurious places.
2. Descriptive of something that is very expensive, rich, or impressive: Bob and his wife went to a sumptuous restaurant to have a sumptuous dinner for his birthday.
3. Etymology: from Latin sumptus, "expenditure".
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2. Descriptive of something that is very expensive, rich, or impressive: Bob and his wife went to a sumptuous restaurant to have a sumptuous dinner for his birthday.
3. Etymology: from Latin sumptus, "expenditure".
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sumptuously (adverb), more sumptuously, most sumptuously
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