Latin annotation in Catholic parish register from Mommenheim, Hessen
During some research in the Catholic parish registers of Lörzweiler some years ago, a contact of mine came across a death record from 1840 for someone who I believe is related to me.
As well as the usual information, the record had the phrase: Susanna Schömbs relicit.
I believe that the latin term "relicit" used to mean "abandon" or "desert".
In this situation would the term refer to the person being abandoned as a child by their mother for some reason, or would it mean that they had deserted a wife (Susanna Schömbs)?
Unfortunately the original images are unavailable online to me, I only have what was transcribed from the films
Thanks,
James
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Thank you for your response.
I am aware of the term relict as used in English. But I had never heard it used for a widower before. Was this a common practice? Or would the woman have been of some high standing?
What I am wondering is whether there was another possible use of the term "relicit." as used by the priest who write the entry
James
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In this context, "relict" means a widow(er). The word is used because they were left behind (i.e. abandoned/deserted) when their spouse died.
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This dictionary entry states relict it was and still occasionally used in English to mean widow: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relict
I've seen relict (which is a noun meaning abandoned, relicit is the verb) used many times in Catholic burial records. If the intended mean was the verb leave behind/abandon, there'd probably a full sentence describing the circumstances- e.g. an abandoned child or homeless person. In this case I'd guess there was a grammatical error by the priest.
If you didn't know, you can access these records at FHCs and Affiliate Libraries: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/175309?availability=Family%20History%20Library
In the indexes I found a child of Susanna Schömbs married in 1845, and a child buried in 1852. If her husband Conradus Schönhard was dead by then, that would support the translation relicit=widow.
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