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lex talionis

[leks tal-ee-oh-nis] / ˈlɛks ˌtæl iˈoʊ nɪs /


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There is in every human breast a strong sense of what the learned call lex talionis, and children tit for tat.

From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.

Character of early, 30; lex talionis, 30; legal codes, 30–31 Legend-s.

From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

To this reverse of fortune the ousted ones retort with the brutal lex talionis: an egg for an egg, a cell for a cell.

From The Mason-Bees by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

One is immediately struck, for example, by the similarity in the application of the lex talionis: Ham.

From The Christian View of the Old Testament by Eiselen, Frederick Carl

To the Hindu, on the other hand, the lex talionis is a law of life still enforced.

From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by Jones, John P. (John Peter)




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