in principio

American  

[in prin-ki-pi-aw, in-prin-sip-ee-oh] / ɪn prɪnˈkɪ pɪ ɔ, ɪn prɪnˈsɪp iˌoʊ /

adverb

Latin.

1. at or in the beginning; at first.

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Example Sentences

The impressive piece, ready to be installed at Newcastle upon Tyne's Castle Keep, is a modern tribute to the incipit of St John's Gospel in principio erat Verbum - "in the beginning was the Word."

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2013

Ad quaestionem: an Sacerdos dicere debeat "Te igitur" in principio Canonis, dum elevat manus et oculos; vel incipere debeat, dum est jam in profundo inclinatus? servanda est rubrica de ritu servando in celebratione Missae tit.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865 by Various

Scholiastæ omnes in principio hujus Evangelii in disputatione de lectione ἐν ἡσαίᾳ τῷ προφήτη ex uno pendent.

From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by Burgon, John William

In b etiam solet apud Aeolis transire ϝ digamma quotiens ab ρ incipit dictio quae solet aspirari, ut ῥήτωρ, βρήτωρ dicunt, quod digamma nisi vocali praeponi et in principio syllabae non potest.

From The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it by Lord, Frances Ellen

In the exercise then of that private judgment, which the reformers of the sixteenth century asserted, all the Christian world fell into error: yes, all of them; for Luther says, "in principio solus eram."

From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby