in principio
Americanadverb
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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
Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum.
From Lourdes by Benson, Robert Hugh
Gloria Patri, & Filio, & Spiritui Sancto: sicut erat in principio & nunc, & semper, & in sæcula sæculorum: for the 20th of April 1655, these enemies of mine, viz.
From William Lilly's History of His Life and Times From the Year 1602 to 1681 by Ashmole, Elias
M obscurum in extremitate dictionum sonat, ut templum, apertum in principio, ut magnus; mediocre in mediis, ut umbra.
From The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it by Lord, Frances Ellen
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
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