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‖ motu proprio|ˈməʊtuː ˈprɒprɪəʊ| [L., ‘on his, its, etc., own impulse’.] Of one's own volition, on one's own initiative, spontaneously. Also as n., an edict issued by the Pope personally to the Roman Catholic Church, or to a part of it. Also attrib.
1603Sir C. Heydon Defence Judicial Astrol. xxi. 447 But the Moone and other Planets moove also motu proprio. 1613J. Chamberlain Let. 14 Oct. in T. Birch Court & Times James I (1848) I. 278 Signor Gabellione, the Duke of Savoy's ambassador, came motu proprio about three weeks since to Ware Park. 1620N. Brent tr. Soave's Hist. Councel of Trent iv. 354 Dispatching the dispensations under the name of Motu proprio, or with other clauses, with which the Chancery doth abound. 1848Godde de Liancourt & Manning Pius IX II. xv. 404 The Pope published, on the 2nd of October at Rome, a new motu proprio for the organisation of a Senate. 1911Catholic Encycl. X. 602/2 Motu proprio, the name given to certain papal rescripts... The words signify that the provisions of the rescript were decided on by the pope personally, that is, not on the advice of the cardinals or others. Ibid., A favour granted motu proprio is valid even when counter to ecclesiastical law. 1938Oxf. Compan. Mus. 596/2 Motu proprio... The word is often heard in connexion with church music on account of the Motu Proprio of Pius X, issued in the year of his becoming Pope (1903)... Instruments other than the organ were not to be employed without the bishop's special permission. 1964P. F. Anson Bishops at Large x. 455 The Patriarch of the West (in the person of Pope Pius XI) might have been forced to issue a motu proprio denouncing the Patriarch of Glastonbury. 1972Daily Tel. 15 Sept. 8/7 Restatement of celibacy rules for deacons and priests came in a separate motu proprio decree. |