motu proprio
Meanings
adv
- Of one’s own free will, of one’s own volition.
noun
- A document issued by the Pope on his own initiative directed to the Roman Catholic Church.
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin motu proprio, from ablative form of classical Latin motus (“motion”) + proprius (“one’s own”).
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