ecclesiastical
544 abbreviations
Abbreviation | Meaning | |
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Gl. | Gloria ("Glory to God", etc.) | |
Gnalis | Generalis ("General") | |
Gr. | Gratia ("Grace") | |
Grad. | Gradus ("Grade") | |
Great. | Gratias ("Thanks"); or Gratis ("Without expense") | |
H. | Haeres ("Heir"); Hic ("Here") | |
hebd. | Hebdomada ("Week") | |
H.L.S. | Hoc Loco Situs ("Laid [or Put] in This Place") | |
H.M.F.F. | Hoc Monumentum Fieri Fecit ("Caused This Monument to be Made") | |
Hom. | Homilia ("Homily" Breviary) | |
hor. | hora ("hour") | |
H.S. | Hic Situs ("Laid Here") | |
Humil. | Humiliter ("Humbly") | |
Humoi. | Hujusmodi ("Of this kind") | |
IC | Jesus (first and third letters of His name in Greek) | |
ID. | Idibus ("On the Ides") | |
Id. | Idus ("Ides") | |
IDNE. | Indictione ("In the Indiction" a chronological term) | |
Igr. | Igitur ("Therefore") | |
I.H.S. | Iesus Hominum Salvator ("Jesus Saviour of Men" usual interpretation). Really a faulty Latin transliteration of the first three letters of *JESUS in Greek (IHS for IHC). | |
I.L.H. | Jus Liberorum Habens ("Possessing the Right of Children" i.e., eligibility to public office under age) | |
INB. | In Bono ("In Good [odour]") | |
IND. | Same as IDNE | |
Ind. | Indictio ("Indiction") | |
Ind. | Index | |
Infraptum. | Infrascriptum ("Written below") | |
INP | In Pace ("In Peace") | |
Inq. | Inquisitio ("Inquisition") | |
Inst. Char. | Institutum C(h)aritatis (Rosminians) | |
Intropta. | Introscripta ("Written within") | |
i.p.i. | in partibus infidelium ("among the infidels") | |
Irregulte. | Irregularitate ("Irregularity" abl. case) | |
Is. | Idus ("Ides") | |
I.X. | In Christo ("In Christ") | |
J.C. | Jesus Christus ("Jesus Christ") | |
J.C.D. | Juris Canonici Doctor, Juris Civilis Doctor ("Doctor of Canon Law", "Doctor of Civil Law") | |
J.D. | Juris Doctor ("Doctor of Law") | |
J.M.J. | Jesus, Maria, Joseph ("Jesus, Mary, Joseph") | |
Jo., Joann. | Joannes ("John") | |
J.U.D. | Juris Utriusque Doctor ("Doctor of Both Laws" Civil and Canon) | |
Jud. | Judicium ("Judgment") | |
J.U.L. | Juris Utriusque Licentiatus ("Licentiate of Both Laws") | |
Jur. | Juris ("Of Law") | |
K. | Kalendas ("Calends"); or Care, Carus, Cara ("Dear One"); or Carissimus[a] ("Dearest") | |
Kal. | Kalendae ("Calends") | |
K.B.M. | Karissimo Bene Merenti ("To the Most Dear and Well-deserving") | |
L. | Locus ("Place") | |
Laic. | Laicus ("Layman") | |
Laud. | Laudes ("Lauds" Breviary) | |
l.c.; loc. cit. | Loco citato ("at the place already cited") |