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LXX

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Symbol.
  1. the number 70 in Roman numerals: used to represent the Septuagint.


LXX British  

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  1. Septuagint

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Wherein the Countess Trifaldi continues her stupendous and memorable history 308 LXX.

From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Dionysius quotes the best text here of LXX, but his application is rather obscure.

From St. Dionysius of Alexandria Letters and Treatises by Alexandria, Bishop of

Nam et eo, quo genitus est, anno, et eo, quo regnare primum coepit, stella cometes per utrumque tempus LXX diebus ita luxit, ut caelum omne conflagrare videretur.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

This arrangement may have been made from chronological reasons, possibly to escape an apparent difficulty; and in the LXX the verse is wanting altogether.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by Daubney, William Heaford

It is in fact the word used in the LXX to denote the peaceful end of Abraham, and of Ishmael, and of Isaac, and of Jacob332.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

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