Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stuff formerly in use in England, named from its durability. It is described as a twilled woolen material used for garments.
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Examples
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All rise; the Pontiff resumes his mitre, the Celebrant kneeling says, after purifying the chalice, "quod ore sumpsimus Domine para mente capiamus, et de munere temporali fiat nobis remedium sempiternum", then kneels to the Cross and returns to the vestry.
More Rare Images: Good Friday with Pius XI in the Sistine Chapel 2009
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Well written, with humour 'grim' when things haven't been going so well and very strong imagery, and semper sempiternum entertaining.
seanan_mcguire: Rosemary and reviews, and interviews. seanan_mcguire 2009
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Tunc quidam de suis militibus quia astabat confortans eum dixit: Esto robustus quia h鎐 poena non diu tibi durabit, et statim sequetur gaudium sempiternum: post hoc fuit caput eius cultello pr鎐isum.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Dēmocritus negat quicquid esse sempiternum, _Democritus says nothing is everlasting; _ spērō eum ventūrum esse, _I hope that he will come_.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Quod tibi sempiternum salutare sit: liberis procreandis -- ita di faxint -- volo te uxorem domum ducere.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Then let the whole people say three times along with the bishops and the priests; 'May our King, N., live for ever' (Vivat Rex N. in sempiternum).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Cui soli Deo, Patri, Filio, et Spiritui Sancto sit honor et gloria in sempiternum.
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Theanthropos, e naturis duabus distinctis persona unica in sempiternum.
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Increduli vero vel impii descendent cum daemonibus ad tartara, in sempiternum arsuri, atque ex tormentis numquam liberandi.
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Deus enim ab aeterno praedestinavit mundum servare per Christum, et hanc suam praedestinationem et consilium sempiternum aperuit mundo per
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