adverb
nōminetenus
nōminetenus (not comparable)
Classical[noː.mɪˈnɛ.tɛ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[no.miˈnɛː.te.nus]
Meaning
- Medieval Latinnot comparablenominally, so-called
c. 797, Alcuin, Epistola 124 (as counted in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Epistolae Karolini aevi II p. 183)
Let God's words be heard at a priestly dinner. There it is fitting to listen to a reader, not a harpist; to listen to patristic serrmons, not worldly songs. What does Ingeld have to do with Christ? The house is narrow, it cannot hold both. The celestial king does not want to have communion with pagan and lost so-called kings; for that eternal king reigns in the heavens, and that lost pagan wails in hell.
Origins
From nōmine + tenus.