clausula
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Etymology
Origin of clausula
< Latin: a closing, conclusion, equivalent to claus ( us ) (past participle of claudere to close) + -ula -ule
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It sings the Birth of Him who is “Corde natus ex Parentis Ante mundi exordium, Alpha et O cognominatus, Ipse fons et clausula Omnium quae sunt, fuerunt, Quaeque post futura sunt Saeculorum saeculis.”
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.
In every clausula there is a basis followed by a cadence.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
Therefore, the clausula at the end of the papal letter, pauperibus gratis dentur propter Deum, pleased me wonderfully.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav
Caeterum talis clausula habetur in mea Bulla quod extra meum episcopatum etiam cum licentia ordinarii non possem exercere pontificalia.
From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 by
An dispensatio a SS. liminum visitatione, a Summo Pontifice Pio VI., die 7 Maji 1798 Episcopis et Archiepiscopis Hiberniae impertita cum clausula "quamdiu praesentes rerum circumstantiae perduraverint", ad praesens cessaverit.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 by Various
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