liceity

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liceity

/lɪˈsiːɪti/

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From Latin licere.

noun liceities

uncountable, usually The legitimacy of an act or its consequences, by opposition to the validity. Validity affects the act, while liceity affects the 'legality' of the act. So if a baptism is invalid, then the baptism never occurred (i.e. one has not been baptized and needs to be baptized). So if a baptism is illicit, then it was not celebrated under the structures that the Catholic Church has d
Similar: legitimacy

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noun legitimacy of an act

Français	licéité
Italiano	liceità

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@misc{liceity_2026,
  title = {liceity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/liceity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}