Terminus Ad Quem Definition

tĕrmĭ-no͝os äd kwĕm, tûrmə-nəs ăd
noun
A goal or finishing point.
American Heritage
A destination; conclusion; end.
Webster's New World
A final limiting point in time.
The date of the author's death was the only terminus ad quem for the manuscript.
American Heritage
The latest possible date of a non-punctual event (period, era, etc.)
Wiktionary

An objective or goal.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • limit
  • terminal-point

Other Word Forms of Terminus Ad Quem

Noun

Singular:
terminus ad quem
Plural:
termini-ad-quem, termini ad quos

Origin of Terminus Ad Quem

  • From the Latin terminus (“limit") + ad (“up to") + quem (“which"), the accusative of quÄ« (“what"). Literally meaning "the limit up until which".

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin limit to which

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Terminus Ad Quem Sentence Examples

  • The year A.D.140 is generally assigned as the terminus ad quem.

  • Its terminus ad quem is at present indeterminable.

  • The use made by James of earlier material is as important for determining the terminus a quo of its own date as the use of it by later writers for the terminus ad quem.

  • In my opinion the Missives in this case unlike in Bamberger provide for a terminus ad quem following rescission.

  • This will give us the terminus ad quem for the whole section.

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