B.V.M.
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Etymology
Origin of B.V.M.
From Latin Beāta Virgō Marīa
Example Sentences
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Michael was handed a thin sky-blue book labelled Office of the B.V.M.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
You're neither of you safe to have loose on the Nativity of the B.V.M., if that's what it is.”
From Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
There was a very fine image of the B.V.M. beside this tomb.
From Old St. Paul's Cathedral by Benham, William
At the Minster there were several organs, for instance "the great organs," "the organs in the Choir," "the organs at the Altar B.V.M."
From Life in a Mediæval City Illustrated by York in the XVth Century by Benson, Edwin
I quote a translation taken from the Rosary of the B.V.M.
From The Evolution of Love by Schleussner, Ellie
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