Glossary entry

Romanian term or phrase:

proces de impietate

English translation:

case of impiety

Added to glossary by adinag
Sep 4, 2012 07:46
11 yrs ago
Romanian term

proces de impietate

Romanian to English Art/Literary Law (general) istorie
Relatarea în limba latină a celebrului proces de impietate intentat lui X, supraintendentul unitarienilor clujeni de la sfârşitul veacului al XVI-lea, a fost redactată de un martor ocular şi participant activ avizat, în persoana misionarului iezuit X (X), concionator la Cluj şi educator al lui X, fiul principelui X.
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Case of impiety brought against...
Sau lawsuit for/over impiety.


Socrates was put to death for impiety (against ancient Greek gods); Anaxagoras was prosecuted for impiety and went into exile. Aristotle was also charged with impiety after the death of Alexander the Great. According to the Vita Aristotelis Marciana, a much mutilated single manuscript in the Biblioteca Nazionale di San Marco in Venice, written about 1300, Aristotle left the city, saying, "I will not allow the Athenians to sin twice against philosophy"



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Note added at 1 hr (2012-09-04 08:46:20 GMT)
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Altă variantă: trial for impiety.
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