English Explanatory Dictionary

homo sacer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Ancient Roman law, a person who was banned and could be killed by anybody, but not sacrificed in a religious ritual.

Word forms

homo sacer

Etymology

Latin

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