ad vitam

American

[ahd wee-tahm, ad vahy-tam] / ɑd ˈwi tɑm, æd ˈvaɪ tæm /

adverb

Latin.

for life.

Example Sentences

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"I believe the pope's ministry is ad vitam, for life," Francis says.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024

The project is calling the vehicle Ava, which stands for the Latin phrase ad vitam aeternam, meaning “to eternal life.”

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2021

Fratrum Min. cum dispensatione ex defectu natalium et unione duarum Ecclesiarum ad vitam dicti Florentii”.

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 by

Et tamen bona opera ita necessaria sunt ad vitam aeternam, quia sequi reconciliationem necessario debent.

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

Hæc infirmitas non est ad vitam et est ad mortem.

From Pascal's Pensées by Pascal, Blaise

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