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- noun music The
conclusion of apassage ;cadence . - noun The
close orend of a historicalperiod ;clause .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The fundamental change of circumstances, otherwise known as the clausula rebus sic stantibus, can be invoked to challenge the validity of treaties and lead to their termination.
MyDD 2009
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A traves de la clausula 18 del contrato que tiene con sus clientes.
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The so-called "clausula de barreira" establishes a minimum threshold for parties seeking representation in the Chamber of Deputies.
Brazil's Runoff Enters Second Round Oxford Analytica 2006
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Consequently, canonists call the clause the "mother of repose": "sicut papaver gignit somnum et quietem, ita et hæc clausula habenti eam."
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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"Alpha et Omega cognominatus, ipse fons et clausula, Omnium quae sunt, fuerunt, quaeque post futura sunt."
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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( "running") and _clausula_ ( "cadence") which had characterized the rhythms of Isocrates and Cicero.
A Study of Poetry Bliss Perry 1907
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The poet Prudentius says, "Alpha et Omega cognominatus, ipse fons et clausula omnium quae sunt, fuerunt, quaeque post future sunt" (Cathemer.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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S. Paulus commendans ad H est ultima ilia capitis sui clausula) in qua (prae« faoi fans Auctori honorem dico) mirabilem ausum fidentissimis exponit ver - bis inquiens: Audeo dicere.
Tractatus theologicus de charitate, in quo expenditur systema J.V. Bolgenj de amore Dei. Accedit ... Joseph Chantre Herrera, Giovanni Vincenzo Bolgeni 1792
vanishedone commented on the word clausula
Stephen Fry: 'I was taught by classical scholars and grew up on poets, dramatists and novelists who knew the classics as intimately as most people of my generation know the Beatles and the Stones. Without knowing it therefore, heroic Ciceronian clausulae and elaborate Tacitan litotes can always be found in the English of people like me.'
According to dictionary.com it's 'an ornamented cadence esp. in early Renaissance music'.
November 4, 2008