Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Eccles., things which may be or are to be read, as distinguished from
credenda , things to be believed.
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After the thirteenth century the word legenda was regarded as the equivalent of vita and passio, and, in the fifteenth century, the liber lectionarius is comprised under what is known as "legend".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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In this connection the word legenda in particular is of common occurrence.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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A legend Latin, legenda, "things to be read" is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude.
Is There Evidence For Mythicism? James F. McGrath 2010
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Certas imagens mostram uma perna cortada com a legenda: “Onde está o resto de mim?” ou uma cabeça estilhaçada com a legenda “Preciso de corte de cabelo”.
Jean-Christian Bourcart Red 2007
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Certas imagens mostram uma perna cortada com a legenda: “Onde está o resto de mim?” ou uma cabeça estilhaçada com a legenda “Preciso de corte de cabelo”.
Archive 2007-01-01 Red 2007
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Lo spot spinge al limite il meme degli animali pelosi in 3D che scorreggiano, cucendo un legenda attorno a uno scoitattolo aerofago che salvò una foresta.
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'Ossaque legisti non illa aetate legenda patris; et in tenues cogeris ipse lares, nam tua cum multi versarent rura iuvenci, abstulit excultas pertica tristis opes.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Ite, leues elegi, doctas ad consulis aures, uerbaque honorato ferte legenda uiro. longa uia est, nec uos pedibus proceditis aequis, tectaque brumali sub niue terra latet. cum gelidam Thracen et opertum nubibus Haemon 5 et maris Ionii transieritis aquas, luce minus decima dominam uenietis in urbem, ut festinatum non faciatis iter. protinus inde domus uobis Pompeia petetur; non est Augusto iunctior ulla foro.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Multa in eo claræque sententiæ; multa etiam morum gratiâ legenda; sed in eloquendo corrupta pleraque, atque eo perniciosissima, quod abundat dulcibus vitiis.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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Cupidus ille meorum? qui ea, quibus maxime γαυριῶ, legenda non putet. '
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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