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However, the term forma was also used in this meaning.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas W. TATARKIEWICZ 1968
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O cada de baie in forma de pantof … sau mai bine un duş?
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"Pro forma" is Latin for "a formality," and in Senate parlance, "pro forma sessions" are a way the Senate can legally meet without really doing anything.
Latest Articles 2009
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"Pro forma" is Latin for "a formality," and in Senate parlance, "pro forma sessions" are a way the Senate can legally meet without really doing anything.
Latest Articles 2009
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Pro forma is now a synonym for “we’re making up the numbers”.
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Mary, — haec alias forma praecesserit omnes, [4566] according to that prediction of
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The "species", frequently also called forma, is the determinant of the mind in the process of knowledge.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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During that same interval the Body of Christ had a transitory form, called forma cadaverica (Zigliara, P. 16, 17, IV).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Forsey is said of forma, that is the rule of vertu to others by example.
The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900
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For whether you please to call the forma informans of man by the name of spiritus, animus, afflatus, or anima, what are all these but several appellations for wind, which is the ruling element in every compound, and into which they all resolve upon their corruption.
A Tale of a Tub Jonathan Swift 1706
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