with privilege
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Latin cum privilegio (“with legal permission, with legal authority”).
Adverb[edit]
with privilege (not comparable)
- (printing) used to indicate a book has been legally published or is entitled to special privileges, e.g., due to a royal monopoly
Usage notes[edit]
Frequently used in colophons on its own in the Latin manner, with the relevant subject and verb—This work has been printed, is sold, etc.—implicit.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
colophon announcement of a book's legal permission or monopoly
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