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responsa

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Borrowed from Latin respōnsa, plural of respōnsum (“answer”).

noun responsum

  1. plural, plural normally A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.

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@misc{responsa_2026,
  title = {responsa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/responsa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}