Deditio
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Deditio is a noun meaning (historical) In medieval Europe, an act of ritualized submission and request for mercy, performed before a monarch or other feudal lord.
Meaning
(historical) In medieval Europe, an act of ritualized submission and request for mercy, performed before a monarch or other feudal lord.
Example Sentences
A deditio implied a clear duty for the victorious party to treat his former enemy leniently, and the conditions for surrender were often arranged in advance.
The ritual of deditio was ostentatiously emotional, with tears of contrition both signalling submission and calculated to encourage a formal pardon from a king who risked losing face by failing to show clemency.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dedition, rescript, supplication, demission, coredemption, reddition.
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