desiderium
noun
an ardent longing, as for something lost.
desideria
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pluralof desiderium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Performances of your works in the French or Italian language must for the present be looked upon as pia desideria, or else as newspaper canards.
From Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 by Francis Hueffer
I agree perfectly, of course, with your desideria fog the Musik- Verein, and hope next year to be able to contribute something towards their realisation.
From Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 from Rome to the End by Constance Bache
I am only astonished that the best men can hope and expect anything of the sort; for, when a Butler will come up, then Sewards and Hallecks easily may go down—but—pia desideria.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
I very much regret being only able to express a pia desideria for Y.R.H's. health.
From Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2 by Ludwig Nohl
Unfortunately these hopes have not been realised, and are still remaining amongst the pia desideria.
From A Treatise on Relics by John Calvin
