noun · femininefirst declension
adhaerentia
adhaerentia f (genitive adhaerentiae)
Classical[a.dae̯ˈrɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[a.deˈrɛn.t͡si.a]
Meaning
- Medieval Latinfeminineadherence, dependence
Et contra, quod natum est ex spiritu sancto, spiritus est, non per essentiam, sed per conformitatem, et imitationem et adhaerentiam. Quia qui adhaeret Deo, unus spiritus est cum eo.
On the contrary, what is born of the Holy Spirit is spirit, not by essence, but by conformity and imitation and adherence. For whoever adheres to God is one spirit with him.1556, Heinrich Helm, Homiliarum F. Henrici Helmesii Germipolitani, in Epistolas et Evangelia totius anni […] , volume 3, page 26:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | adhaerentia | adhaerentiae |
| genitive | adhaerentiae | adhaerentiārum |
| dative | adhaerentiae | adhaerentiīs |
| accusative | adhaerentiam | adhaerentiās |
| ablative | adhaerentiā | adhaerentiīs |
| vocative | adhaerentia | adhaerentiae |
Origins
From adhaerēns + -ia.
Descendants
- Catalanadherència
- Frenchadhérence
- Italianaderenza
- Occitanaderéncia
- Portugueseaderência
- Spanishadherencia
- Galicianadherencia
In English words that came into English from adhaerentia
- adherenceadhaerentia
- adherencyadhaerentia