locos tenentes

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English

Noun

locos tenentes pl

  1. (rare) plural of locum tenens
    • 1846, The New Zealand Journal, volume 2, page 81:
      In the mean time the independent members (so called) were given to understand, and not in the most courteous manner, that they were mere locos tenentes, (tenants at will) entirely subservient to the power that had given them their visionary elevation.