latinism

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latinism - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Latinism \Lat"in*ism\, n. [Cf. F. latinisme.]
     A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a
     mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a
     Latin model.
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     Note: The term is also sometimes used by Biblical scholars to
           designate a Latin word in Greek letters, or the Latin
           sense of a Greek word in the Greek Testament.
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latinism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Latinism
      n 1: a word or phrase borrowed from Latin