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“It is unworthy of the majesty of the empire to adore only one God” — “Majestatem imperii non decuit ut unus tantum Deus colatur.”
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Cui occurit rex cum apparatu nobili ad le Blackheath, die sancti Thomae Apostilo, susceptique, prout decuit, tantum Heroem, dux韙que Londonias, et per multos dies exhibuit glorios�, pro expensis hospitij sui soluens, et eum respiciens tanto fastigio donatiuis.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Special Verbs. paenitet paenitēre paenituit _it repents_ piget pigēre piguit _it grieves_ pudet pudēre puduit _it causes shame_ taedet taedēre taeduit _it disgusts_ miseret miserēre miseruit _it causes pity_ libet libēre libuit _it pleases_ licet licēre licuit _it is lawful_ oportet oportēre oportuit _it is fitting_ decet decēre decuit _it is becoming_ dēdecet dēdecēre dēdecuit _it is unbecoming_ rēfert rēferre rētulit _it concerns_
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Cluaynense secum detulit monasterium, ubi prout decuit hospicio honorifice susceptus est.
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Ut meque teque maxime atque ingenio nostro decuit.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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No doubt, when the feast was introduced in England and Normandy, the axiom "decuit, potuit, ergo fecit", the childlike piety and enthusiasm of the simplices building upon revelations and apocryphal legends, had the upper hand.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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He also brought forward, by way of illustration, the somewhat dangerous and doubtful argument of Eadmer (S. Anselm) "decuit, potuit, ergo fecit."
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Non prorsus aliter decuit bestialem extingui libidinem quam per frigidissimum uermem, nec aliter temerarium frenari ausum frustrari conatum quam per uilem inutilemque bestiolam.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899
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Unde liquido apparet eos, quos id minime decuit, citra omnem veritatem, aequitatem, et charitatem, populo inculcatum voluisse:
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Unde liquido apparet eos, quos id minime decuit, citra omnem veritatem, aequitatem, et charitatem, populo inculcatum voluisse:: [9792] 1
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