"Necessitas" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin necessitās. Doublet of necessity. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|necessitās}} Learned borrowing from Latin necessitās, {{doublet|en|necessity}} Doublet of necessity Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Necessitas
  1. (Roman mythology, Orphic theology) The personification of absolute necessity; Ananke. Tags: Roman
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