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TERMINUS A QUO
The starting point. In philosophy "the end from which" something begins, in comparison with terminus ad quem, "the end to which" something extends or is directed.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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