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But this (to use his own language) he "evites," by judiciously observing, that where service was performed in an unknown tongue, the devotion of the people was always observed to be much increased thereby; as, for instance, in the church of Rome, -- that St. Augustine, with his monks, advanced to meet King Ethelbert singing litanies (in a language his majesty could not possibly have understood), and converted him and his whole court on the spot; -- that the sybilline books ....

The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English Julian Hawthorne 1890

In this age of evites and Facebook RSVPs, he's a fan of standing out from the pack with an elegant invitation delivered the old-fashioned way.

Hostess with the mostess: 3 planners offer New Year's Eve party tips 2010

Once, in 2004, an editor of mine wrote a scathing newspaper Op-Ed about how she hated evites.

RSVP, RIP 2010

In addition to the paper-reducing techniques mentioned above, folks on Twitter had more ideas for how to reduce paper: fitzwillie says, evites.

The Complete Guide To Going Paperless | Lifehacker Australia 2009

Special evites for this and the night-before bash will go out in a few weeks.

Fairyland Chapter Ten! yuki_onna 2009

I know we'll have to send out paper invitations to some people, but due to the size of our social circles and families, if we can send SOME evites out, it would save a lot of time, energy, and money.

Wedding Poll reudaly 2007

E-ventr mashes up evites and Google Maps to organize parties on the fly.

Google's Open Source Android OS Will Free the Wireless Web 2008

E-ventr mashes up evites and Google Maps to organize parties on the fly.

Google's Open Source Android OS Will Free the Wireless Web By Daniel Roth 2008

Maybe a couple of evites to a State dinner now and then.

"If we went back to the obesity rates that existed in 1980, that would save the Medicare system a trillion dollars." Ann Althouse 2007

I sent evites to people who have expressed some interest in attending, but please don't feel slighted if I somehow didn't send you one; let me know that you're planning to come and I'll add you to the list.

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