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Not only did this pope prescribe that the work of such a writer should not be condemned without some formula calculated to mitigate the severity of the condemnation, such as donec corrigatur or donec expurqetur ( "until it be corrected," "until it be expurgated"), but, he provided that the matter should first be referred to the author himself, and his attention called to the objectionable passages.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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One awesome praying man proclaimed in Latin: “Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine, et tuam resurrectionem confitemur, donec venias.”
The Exorsistah: X Returns Claudia Mair Burney 2010
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Et egressus est Ionas de civitate et sedit contra orientem civitatis et fecit sibimet umbraculum ibi et sedebat subter illud in umbra, donec videret quid accideret in civitate.
Jonah 4 papabear 2008
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Et egressus est Ionas de civitate et sedit contra orientem civitatis et fecit sibimet umbraculum ibi et sedebat subter illud in umbra, donec videret quid accideret in civitate.
Archive 2008-09-07 papabear 2008
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Camden in Gloucestershire, huic praefuit nobilis et formosa abbatissa, Godwinus comes indole subtilis, non ipsam, sed sua cupiens, reliquit nepotem suum forma elegantissimum, tanquam infirmum donec reverteretur, instruit, &c.
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Infans enim paribus inquinata sum, et subinde majoribus me applicui, donec ad aetatem perveni; ut Milo vitulum, &c.
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Lugubri veste indutus; consolationes non admisit, donec
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But he turned himself forthwith into his own shape, began to embrace and offer violence unto her, sed illa matris metu abnuebat, but she by no means would yield, donec pollicitus connubium obtinuit, till he vowed and swore to marry her, and then she gave consent.
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So we commend marriage, — — — donec miselli liberi
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Marry whilst thou mayst, donec viventi canities abest morosa, whilst thou art yet able, yet lusty, [5958] Elige cui dicas, tu mihi sola places, make thy choice, and that freely forthwith, make no delay, but take thy fortune as it falls.
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