de profundis
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of de profundis
from the first words of Psalm 130
Example Sentences
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Another bella divozione for the same end is to go up the steps of Ara Coeli on your knees reciting a requiem aeternum or a de profundis on each step.
From Rome by Malleson, Hope
When school is out they shall go together before the charnel-house and each one shall repeat with devotion a pater noster, an ave maria or the psalm de profundis and then return home quietly.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob
Vibrating over the sands and through the rocks, filling the immense void, crying out as it were for the sphinx, a veritable de profundis of the wastes.
From The Human Side of Animals by Dixon, Royal
Her letters were written in varying spirits, sometimes cheery, sometimes de profundis.
From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
In remembrance I beg you to say a paternoster and an Ave Maria and a de profundis, and sprinkle holy water.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
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