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Modus Vivendi (A)

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A mutual arrangement whereby persons not at the time being on friendly terms can be induced to live together in harmony. This may apply to individuals, to societies, or to peoples (as the South Africans and the Boers).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Mob-cap (A)
Mobilise
Mock-beggar Hall or Manor
Mockery
Modality
Modish (Lady Betty)
Modo
Modred
Mods
Modus Operandi (Latin)
Modus Vivendi (A)
Mofussil (East Indies)
Mogul Cards
Mohadi [Mohammed]
Mohair
Mohakabad (Al)
Mohocks
Mohun
Mohyronus (Edricius)
Moiré Antique (French)
Mokanna