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Elementary principle or maxim; a short proverbial rule.

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Usage examples (14)
  • This is something like the brocard expressed by the learned Sanchez in his work
  • My father replied by that famous brocard with which he silences all unacceptable queries turning in the slightest degree upon the failings of our neighbours, — ‘If we...
  • VINCENTEM, ERGO VINCO TE; upon which brocard of law the professor this morning lectured.
  • Father Xavier wore a cassock of black chainlet, and over it a surplice, with a stole of green velvet, garnished with a gold brocard.
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