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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
locus classicus /ˌləʊkəs ˈklasɪkəs, ˌlɒkəs/

▶noun (pl. loci classici /ˌləʊsʌɪˈklasɪsʌɪ, ˌlɒkiː ˈklasɪkiː/) the best known or most authoritative passage on a subject.

– origin L., lit. ‘classical place’.

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