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  • Therefore, in a spirit of continuity with the preceding practice, I would apply the same rules laid out in O'Connell, mutatis mutandis, to the celebration of a Missa solitaria in the ordinary form.

    On "Private" Masses 2009

  • What the enquirer has in mind is a Missa solitaria, Mass at which no one assists.

    On "Private" Masses 2009

  • Federico possessed two copies of Petrarch's De vita solitaria, one of which (Urb.Lat. 377) he had inherited from his grandfather, Antonio da Montefeltro (1348 – 1404).

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

  • The lonesome palm Cocos nucifera solitaria is common over most of the Pelagic, and is unusual in that an adult tree secretes a poison in its root that is deadly only to other palms.

    “Nation” by Terry Pratchett « The Retort 2009

  • Extinct species include the famous dodo (Raphus cucullatus), which disappeared from Mauritius in the 1600s after the island was colonized by humans, as well as the Réunion solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria) which became extinct in the 1760s.

    Biological diversity in Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands 2008

  • There has also been a recent burst of evolution reflected in endemics such as Barleria solitaria, Indigofera cunensis, Merremia multisecta, and Stipagrostis ramulosa.

    Kaokoveld desert 2008

  • “Frank è immerso nella sua vita solitaria, ma è finalmente arrivato il grande giorno.”

    No Fat Clips!!! : FICTION COMPANY – Maps and Measures 2007

  • Si malum exasperantur, homines odio habent et solitaria petunt.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • The other Mascarenes, Réunion and Rodrigues, each harbored a large, flightless species of solitaire Ornithaptera solitaria on Réunion, Pezophaps solitaria on Rodrigues that, like the dodo, had pigeon affinities.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • The other Mascarenes, Réunion and Rodrigues, each harbored a large, flightless species of solitaire Ornithaptera solitaria on Réunion, Pezophaps solitaria on Rodrigues that, like the dodo, had pigeon affinities.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

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