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The word is of rather doubtful etymology, Some derive it from the Latin word cibus, "food", because it is used to contain the Heavenly Bread; while others trace it to the Greek kirorion, "cup", because of the original shape of this Eucharistic receptacle.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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"cibus," "soul" for "mensa," and the like, are of small moment, but they show at least that to differ from a translator who committed such blunders does not argue a great amount of audacity.
The Founders of the New Devotion: Being the Lives of Gerard Groote, Florentius Radewin and Their Followers. 1379?-1471 1905
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Terra cibus means, loosely, sustenance from the land.
Close-Up Cuisine 2011
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Dic, quis cibus angelorum, (Dic quis cibic angelorum)/Quae sint festa supernorum/De sponsi praesentia.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Say, then: meus cibus est, ut faciam voluntatem ejus, my food is to do his will.
On Abandonment to the Will of God Esther 2009
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Say, then: meus cibus est, ut faciam voluntatem ejus, my food is to do his will.
Archive 2009-03-01 Esther 2009
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Ecce panis Angelórum,Factus cibus viatórum:Vere panis fíliórum,Non mittendus cánibus.
Archive 2008-05-01 bls 2008
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Caro cibus, sanguis potus:Manet tamen Christus totus,Sub utráque spécie.
Archive 2008-05-01 bls 2008
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Paul bids pray continually; quod cibus corpori, lectio animae facit, saith
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Calidus et humidus cibus concoctu, facilis, flatus exortes, elixi non assi, neque sibi frixi sint.
biocon commented on the word cibus
Latin cibus = juice
January 23, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word cibus
See the definition on cib.
December 13, 2021