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adv. - In a manner acceptable to common custom.

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  • Hence, according to Bugini himself, hymns may not licitly replace propers in the new Mass.
  • Moreover, the buyer can purchase this licitly, as long as he does not intend to profit thereby.
  • In this case, the gift could not be purchased licitly by another, naturally, for the unforced buyer would surely be a usurer.
  • But Cranford advocated denying even that, saying that even spoon-feeding constituted “medical treatment” that could be licitly withdrawn.
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