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term of art

n. pl. terms of art

A term that has a specialized or restricted meaning within a particular field or trade.

[Translation of New Latin terminus artis : terminus, boundary, term + artis, genitive of ars, art, science, trade.]

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The term of art for this reprehensible approach is moral equivalence.

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"Ally' is a legal term of art. We don't have a mutual defense treaty with Egypt like we do with our NATO allies," the report quoted White House National Security Council spokesman, Tommy Vietor, as saying.

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Actually, there is one final equation added thereafter: God as Pantokrator ("Almighty"), the first of nine occurrences of the term in Revelation (otherwise seen in the NT only in 2 Cor 6:18 and literally a term of art in Eastern Orthodox depictions of Christ regnant).