Passim

Quick meaning: Passim is an adverb meaning Throughout (used in citations to indicate that something, as a word, phrase, or idea, is to be found at many places throughout the work cited).

Meaning

Throughout (used in citations to indicate that something, as a word, phrase, or idea, is to be found at many places throughout the work cited).

More Meanings

1. (rare) That occurs at various places throughout a text

Example Sentences

In these passim allusions one often ‘nods’.

See also Hearings on H.R.8825 before the House Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 70th Cong., 1st Sess., passim (1928).

The sceptics assert [Sext. Emp. adversus Math. lib. viii.], though absurdly, that the origin of all religious worship was derived from the utility of inanimate objects, as the sun and moon, to the support and well-being of mankind. This is also the common reason assigned by historians, for the deification of eminent heroes and legislators [Diod. Sic. passim.].

Synonyms for passim

Depending on context, synonyms include throughout.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include throughout, universally, ubiquitously, everywhere, extensively, widely.

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