compages
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of compages
C17: from Latin, from com- together + pag-, from pangēre to fasten
Example Sentences
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Second to none, as friends to the individual, they are first and foremost among the compages, the bonds and rivets of the race.’
From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
“Octingentorum annorum fortuna disciplinaque compages hæc coaluit, quæ convelli sine exitio convellentium non potest.”
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
What has been said of the Roman Empire is at least as true of the British Constitution:—"Octingentorum annorum fortuna disciplinaque compages hæc coaluit; quæ convelli sine convellentium exitio non potest."
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
Tacitus, his compages of the Roman empire, xxxiv;says that Poppæa was surrounded with fortune-tellers, 366.
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
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