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si⋅ne di⋅e

[sahy-nee dahy-ee, sin-ey-dee-ey; Lat. si-ne dee-e]
–noun
without fixing a day for future action or meeting: The assembly adjourned sine die.

Origin:
< L sine diē without (a fixed) day
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si·ne di·e   (sī'nĭ dī'ē, sĭn'ā dē'ā')   
adv.   Abbr. s.d.
Without a day specified for a future meeting; indefinitely: Parliament was dismissed sine die.

[Medieval Latin : Latin sine, without + Latin diē, ablative of diēs, day.]
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sine die 
"indefinitely," 1631, from L., lit. "without (fixed) day," from sine, enlarged form of sed, se "without" (see secret) + abl. sing. of dies "day" (see diurnal).
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