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- adverb Of one’s own free will, of one’s own
volition . - noun A document issued by the
Pope on his own initiative directed to the Roman Catholic Church.
Etymologies
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From post-classical Latin motu proprio, from ablative form of classical Latin motus ("motion") + proprius ("one’s own").
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