Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An African genus of Ploceidæ, giving name to the Viduinæ; the veuves, widow-birds, or whidah-birds.
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- noun whydahs
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Examples
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‘Hæc virtus vidua est, quam non patientia firmat.’
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Nulla vidua nubit inter eos, hac ratione; quia credunt quod omnes qui seruiunt eis in hac vita seruient in futura.
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Vnde vidua credunt, quod semper reuertitur post mortem ad primum maritum.
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Vnde vidua credunt, quod semper reuertitur post mortem ad primum maritum.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Nulla vidua nubit inter eos, hac ratione; quia credunt quod omnes qui seruiunt eis in hac vita seruient in futura.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Et dixit Jehudah ad Thamar nurum suam, Mane vidua in domo patris tui, donec crescat Selah filius meus: dicebat enim, Ne forte moriatur etiam ipse, sicut et fratres ejus, et abiit Thamar, et mansit in domo patris sui.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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Lacedæmoni tam est nobilis vidua, quæ non in scenam eat mercede conducta.
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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On the other hand we find the V sound, as _vedova_ (from _vidua_), -- notice the two V sounds, -- or the U sometimes changed to B, as _serbare_ from _servare_; _bibita_ and
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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"Deinde detur femina a patre suo, vel ab amicis ejus: quod si _puella_ sit, _discoopertam_ habeat _manum_, si _vidua_, _tectam_."
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Ynglonde _vidua_, represents the nation, and the jocular element is provided by Sedwyson (sedition), who would have been the Vice in a pure morality play.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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