‖ sine die
(ˈsaɪnɪ ˈdaɪiː, ˈsɪneɪ ˈdiːeɪ)
[L., sine without + diē, abl. sing. of diēs day.]
Without any day being specified (for reassembling, resumption of business, trial of a person or cause, etc.); indefinitely.
| 1631 in Birch Crt. & Times Chas. I (1848) II. 125 My Lord of Salisbury's cause is put off sine die. 1641 Sir E. Dering Sp. on Relig. 9 Among all these I observe one, a very main one, to sleep sine die. a 1734 North Examen i. iii. §146 (1740) 217 They seemed to lie there, without Bail or Trial sine Die. 1771 Gibbon Lett. 18 Nov., If I hear that your journey to Denham is put off sine die, or to a long day, I shall on Monday set off for London. 1803 Cutler in Life, etc. (1888) II. 118 At fifteen minutes after twelve at night, the House adjourned sine die. 1842 Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. ii. St. Cuthbert vi, The fête was postponed sine die. 1892 Nation 22 Dec. 466/1 The reasons given for taking a recess instead of adjourning sine die are extremely puerile. |