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Clementines

British  
/ ˈklɛmənˌtiːnz, -ˌtaɪnz /

plural noun

  1. RC Church an official compilation of decretals named after Clement V and issued in 1317 which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici

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McDonald’s has tried several healthier sides as non-French fry options in its kids’ Happy Meals: Low-fat Go-Gurt was added recently, and Clementines, bananas, and other fruits are being tested starting this fall.

From Time • Aug. 14, 2014

But he knows also that he is by far the best fund raiser, and indeed almost the only capable man, in the Clementines, a small and not very notable Midwestern order.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Clementines were composed later in the century, when Pauline Christianity was giving way to the new school, and the dogma of an Apostolic succession had taken possession of the church.

From The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity by Reber, George

Though he published the Clementines, he soon let it be seen that the inquisitors had nothing to fear from him, and they made haste to pay off the accumulated scores of vengeance.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

The latest scholarship is of the opinion that "the Clementines are unmistakably a production of the sect of the Ebionites."

From Simon Magus by Mead, George Robert Stow

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