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noun
The requirement of a grant bestowing right of assembly and allowing the formation of a collegium under the Roman Empire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ancient-Roman, uncountable
Topics: history, human-sciences, law, sciences
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History
Latin: coīre (“to assemble”, “to come together”, present active indicative form of coeō, “I assemble”, “I come together”) + licet (“it is permitted”) = “it is permitted [for a group] to assemble”.
