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- proper noun The
Latin language as spoken, written, and used in theChristian church and in church services.
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Examples
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They are sources of importance—and frustration—for modern users who are not trained in Church Latin.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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They are sources of importance—and frustration—for modern users who are not trained in Church Latin.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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In halting Church Latin the priest asked some question that Ivan could not begin to understand.
Enchantment Card, Orson Scott 1999
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Their vocabulary, save for the introduction of a few words, taken from the Church Latin, their grammar, their prosody, all remain Germanic.
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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And the culture has an over-all 'secret' language which is merely degenerate Church Latin -- and at that they don't use it; 'Free Ships' talk to each other in Interlingua. "
Citizen Of The Galaxy Heinlein, Robert A. 1957
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