lawful, legitimate, licit
(adjective) authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; “a legitimate government”
licit
(adjective) sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality; “a wife’s licit love”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
licit (comparative more licit, superlative most licit)
Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.
• Undated, Pope Honorius III Solet Annuere (anonymous translator),
(legal) Explicitly established or constituted by law.
• Licit and valid are legal terms to be compared, especially in terms of canon law. Something that is licit (such as a marriage contract), may nonetheless be invalid, illegal or both (for example, a bigamous marriage), or vice versa.
• (not forbidden): lawful, appropriate, legit, legitimate
• (constituted): established, lawful, legal
• (legal): illicit
Source: Wiktionary
Lic"it, a. Etym: [L.licitus permitted, lawful, from licere: cf. F. licite. See License.]
Definition: Lawful. "Licit establishments." Carlyle.
– Lic"it*ly, adv.
– Lic"it*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
