Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
Nova Caesarea (Neocaesariensis Res Publica)
English translation:
New Jersey (State of New Jersey)
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Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)
Mar 11, 2007 00:31
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Latin term
auctoritate rei publicae neocaesariensis concessum est
Latin to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
neocaesariensis?
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it was/has been granted by the authority of the State of New Jersey (Nova Caesarea)
If it is a modern diploma.
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Note added at 19 hrs (2007-03-11 20:17:41 GMT)
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NEW JERSEY, a state of the American Union, [...] June 23, 1664, the duke of York transferred it for ten shillings to Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley, under the name of Nova Cæsarea, or New Jersey, the name being given in compliment to Carteret, who, as governor of the channel island of Jersey [Caesarea], had been the last to surrender to the common wealth's forces in the civil war.
http://www.econlib.org/library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy757.html
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Note added at 19 hrs (2007-03-11 20:22:24 GMT)
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New Jersey, Scheyichbi, as the Indians called it, or Nova Caesarea, as it was called in the Latin of its proprietary grant [...]
http://www.conklinguide.com/new-jersey.html
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Note added at 19 hrs (2007-03-11 20:17:41 GMT)
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NEW JERSEY, a state of the American Union, [...] June 23, 1664, the duke of York transferred it for ten shillings to Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley, under the name of Nova Cæsarea, or New Jersey, the name being given in compliment to Carteret, who, as governor of the channel island of Jersey [Caesarea], had been the last to surrender to the common wealth's forces in the civil war.
http://www.econlib.org/library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy757.html
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Note added at 19 hrs (2007-03-11 20:22:24 GMT)
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New Jersey, Scheyichbi, as the Indians called it, or Nova Caesarea, as it was called in the Latin of its proprietary grant [...]
http://www.conklinguide.com/new-jersey.html
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it has been granted/pardoned by the authority of the Neo-Caesarian republic
A most intriguing sentence to say the least, but that's the translation as far as I can tell...!
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Joseph Brazauskas
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I agree that without more context it's hard to know the exact translation. But if this is modern usage, then "granted by the authority of the New Jersey government" could well be correct.
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Olga Cartlidge
: granted, allowed or recognized. Cf "concedere doctrinam Graecis" = recognize the teachings of the Greeks (Quint) - http://prima.elementa.ifrance.com/Leb-0252.html. "Pardoned" sounds too strong to me. considering the context.
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Good point. Thanks, Olga!
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granted with the public authority of Neo-Cesarea
Maybe.
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