Autem
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Autem is a noun meaning (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A church.
Meaning
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A church.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Married.
Example Sentences
Come, I say, who’s a going-out? Autem is over […]
Vell, vell, a few minutes will settle that. Come, pals, to the autem ken. Avay. Mind and obey orders.
[…] but in the mean Time he taught his Pupil a deal of canting Words, telling him Autem was Arabick for a Church; […]
THESE Autem Mortes be maried wemen, as there be but a fewe: For Autem in their language is a Church, so shee is a wyfe maried at the church, and they be as chaste as a cowe: I haue yt gooeth to bull euery moone, with what bull she careth not.
Word Forms
- autems
- autum
- autom
Synonyms for autem
Depending on context, synonyms include wed, wedded.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include church, eame, acre, anchress, paradise, chauntry.
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