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Forms of Address: Quantum

Quantum. Amount. Due proportion.

Quantum sufficit or quant. suff. Amply sufficient.

Quantum valeat. For what it is worth.

Quasi. As if. Just as. A word used to express resemblance or that which seems to be.

Queue, kyuhe. Line. The queue system of some theatres is the enforcing of playgoers to stand at the box office in order of arrival. Quoad hoc. As far as this (point of the argument or business). As it regards this particular matter.

Quoad sacra. So far as the offices of the church are concerned, or with respect to sacred matters. Quoad sacra churches-churches that were chapels of ease. Quocunque modo. In what manner soever. By some means, no matter how. Quod vide or q.v. Which see. / Quondam. Former.

Quorum pars magna fui. Of which or whom I was a great or important part. Rabies canina. Canine (dog) madness.

Ragout, rah goo. A stew.

Food composed of fragments of meat.

Raison d'etre, ra zong datr. (Lit.) the reason of being. It refers to the condition in which matters stood; thus, referring to two kinds of primroses being called " pin eyed" and " thumb eyed," we might say the raison d' etre has only lately been understood.

Rappel, rah pell. (Lit.) a recall. The beat of a drum to call the troops together. Rapprochement, rap rosh mang. The drawing nearer to each other. The beginning of a better understanding.

Rara avis. A rare bird. Something very uncommon.

Ratione tenure. By the nature of the tenure.