Liceity

Quick meaning: Liceity is a noun meaning (religious) The legitimacy of an act or its consequences, by opposition to the validity.

Meaning

(religious) The legitimacy of an act or its consequences, by opposition to the validity.

Example Sentences

Validity affects the act, while liceity affects the 'legality' of the act. So if a baptism is invalid, then the baptism never occurred (i.e. one has not been baptized and needs to be baptized). So if a baptism is illicit, then it was not celebrated under the structures that the Catholic Church has defined (i.e. one has been baptized, but the Sacrament was not celebrated in a way directed/authorized by the Church or with the full approval of the Church).

Word Forms

• liceities

Synonyms for liceity

Depending on context, synonyms include legitimacy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include legitness, licitness, legitimacy, legitimateness, validity, legitimity.

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