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in tempore

in tempore

9.9
During the time when a named ruler or period was in power
  • idiom
  • Archaic
translation icon : en el tiempo de
  • She wrote her thesis in tempore of the Renaissance.

Examples

  • This tradition began in tempore the Roman Empire and continues today.

  • The event took place in tempore of great change.

  • The document was signed in tempore King Henry VIII.

  • The law was established in tempore Queen Victoria.

  • The document was signed in tempore of King Henry VIII.

  • This tradition began in tempore of the Roman Empire and continues today.

  • The law was established in tempore of Queen Victoria.

Synonyms

during
vsin tempore
∞ 1.0

At any time while something is happening

is a Latin expression used more formally to specify when something occurred

Surface Forms

in tempore main

Morphology

in + tempore

The phrase is a direct composition of the preposition 'in' with Latin 'tempore' (ablative of tempus = 'time'), so if a learner knows the constituents the meaning 'during/in the time of' is directly derivable. Although 'tempore' is Latin and not common in modern English, its meaning is transparent and reinforced by cross-linguistic cognates (tempo/tiempo/temps), making the expression predictable to learners who know the parts.

Etymology

In tempore comes from the Latin words in ('in') and tempore ('time'), and officials used the phrase in old records to mark that something happened during a ruler's time. So it now means 'in the time of' or 'during the period of'.