fuit

It was thought at first that the phrase _quod inter fedeles fidelis fuit, inter alienos pagana fuit_ had been dictated by the father as a jocose hint of the religious inconsistency of the girl; but such an explanation can hardly be accepted.

Pagan and Christian Rome Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani 1888

V/hy your queen and mother r More humble titles fuit my loil: condition.

The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790

I have filled my bag with bread-fuit, which is all we shall need: let us go. "

The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Johann David Wyss 1780

Ave, pia humilitas, [Hail, pious humility] sine viro fecunditas, [fruitful without a man] cuius annuntiatio [whose Annuciation] nostra fuit salvatio. [brought us salvation]

Josquin's Ave Maria 2009

Ave, cuius nativitas [Hail, whose birth] nostra fuit solemnitas, [brought us joy] ut lucifer lux oriens [as light-bearing morning star] verum solem praeveniens. [went before the true sun]

Josquin's Ave Maria 2009

Ave, vera virginitas, [Hail, true virginity] immaculata castitas, [immaculate chasity] cuius purificatio [whose purification] nostra fuit purgatio. [brought our cleansing]

Josquin's Ave Maria 2009

Cestui que (also cestuy que) (English pronunciation:/ˈsɛstwi keɪ/) is a shortened version of cestui a que use le feoffment fuit fait, literally, “The person for whose use the feoffment was made.”

The Volokh Conspiracy » The influence of French words in English legal terminology 2010

P.S. On a somewhat related note, all that fuit fly research is finally starting to pay off!

All These Different Creatures are Variations of the Same Theme 2008

Note 63: "Nolo te Scipionem, sed Alexandrum, respondit; fuit enim, ut tu, principis filius, et ipse princeps clarissimus."

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

Cestui que (also cestuy que) (English pronunciation: /ˈsɛstwi keɪ/) is a shortened version of cestui a que use le feoffment fuit fait, literally, “The person for whose use the feoffment was made.”

The Volokh Conspiracy » The influence of French words in English legal terminology 2010