Formosus

[ fawr-moh-suh s ]

/ fɔrˈmoʊ səs /

noun

a.d. c816–896, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 891–896.

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earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Example sentences from the Web for formosus

And we be obliged to set our amorous eclogues to the tune of Formosus Pastor Corydon?
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866|Various
(Pope 898-900) reasserted the cause of Formosus, in consequence of which great disturbances arose in Rome.
The Browning Cyclopdia|Edward Berdoe
In the following year Arnulf succeeded in seizing Rome, and Formosus crowned him emperor.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6|Various
The god whose special province was the management of the solar orb is introduced as formosus appollo.
Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters|W. Carew Hazlitt

Overwhelmed with chagrin, Formosus died on the 4th of April 896.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6|Various

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