signum

Again, the word signum appears in the almost contemporary "Life of St. Columban" (615), for when one of his monks was dying Columban is said to have assembled the community by ringing the bell (signo tacto omnes adesse imperavit), Krusch,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

The priapismus, which occurs to vigorous people in a morning before they awake, has been called the signum salutis, or banner of health, and is occasioned by the increase of our irritability or sensibility during sleep, as explained in Sect.

Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

One of the two Heidelberg students complains of having been given a "signum" or bad mark "pro sermone vulgariter prolato," and the other has been caught in the kitchen.

Life in the Medieval University Robert S. Rait

When it happened, we both murmured, ‘in signum amoris.’

Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

Even acceptance of the mechanical understanding of what causes eclipses did not prevent people from continuing to regard their occurrence as a “sign”—in fact, signum was a regular term used to refer to an eclipse.

In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

When it happened, we both murmured, ‘in signum amoris.’

Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

The in signum amoris made it an emotional bond as well.

Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

The in signum amoris made it an emotional bond as well.

Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

Even acceptance of the mechanical understanding of what causes eclipses did not prevent people from continuing to regard their occurrence as a “sign”—in fact, signum was a regular term used to refer to an eclipse.

In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

Even acceptance of the mechanical understanding of what causes eclipses did not prevent people from continuing to regard their occurrence as a “sign”—in fact, signum was a regular term used to refer to an eclipse.

In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011