Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
lapis .
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Examples
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No matter how crass he was, maybe Dick Cheney was right. fred lapides
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Nunc potens nostri meritis opimis pectoris duros lapides repelle asperum planans iter, et reflexos dirige calles, ut pius mundi sator et redemptor mentibus pulsa luvione puris rite dignetur veniens sacratos ponere gressus.
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They can tell employers “I lack a high school diploma because biology, chemistry and physics are said to conflict with my rigid interpretation of ‘Christianity’, and out of principle, I refused to study those subjects”. fred lapides
More on the California creationist lawsuit - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Tandem circa finem exaltationis sanctæ crucis venit ad nos quidam diues Moal, cuius pater erat millenarius, quod magnum est inter eos, dicens, Ego vos debeo ducere ad Mangu cham, et est iter quatuor mensium: et tantum frigus est ibi, quod finduntur ibi lapides et arbores pro frigore:
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Comani faciunt magnum tumulum super defunctum et erigunt ei statuam versa facie ad orientem, tenentem ciphum in manu sua ante vmbelicum; fabricant et diuitibus pyramides, id est domunculas acutas: et alicubi vidi magnas turres de tegulis coctis: alicubi lapideas domos, quamuis lapides non inueniantur ibi.
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Erátque solariolum vnum, de tabulis altè præparatum, vbi thronus Imperatoris erat positus, ex ebore mirabiliter sculptus, in quo etiam erat aurum, et lapides preciosi, si bene meminimus, et illuc ascendebatur per gradus.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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Illi verò de ciuitate machinis et sagittis viriliter contra istos pugnabant et cum deficerent lapides, argentum et maximè liquefactum proijciebant.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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“Thou art utterly irregular,” said the Prior; “one of those disorderly men, who, taking on them the sacred character without due cause, profane the holy rites, and endanger the souls of those who take counsel at their hands; lapides pro pane condonantes iis, giving them stones instead of bread as the Vulgate hath it.”
Ivanhoe 2004
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At verò cum illi sagittas super eos iaciebant, ac si super lapides sagittassent, retrò sagittæ redibant.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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Areas scilicet magnas structas lapidibus, aliquas rotundas, aliquas quadratas, et postea quatuor lapides longos erectos ad quatuor regiones mundi circa aream.
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