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

Datum Constantinopoli, anno nostri prophetæ Sanctissimi 988, in principio mensis Iunij, anno autem Iesu 1580.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe by Hakluyt, Richard

And they lifted their heads while the other part of the Fathers pronounced the response, "Sicut erat in principio, etc."

From En Route by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)

Missam faciunt quidem breuissimam, conficientes in principio verbis debitis sacramentum corporis et sanguinis Christi de pane et vino, ac posteà paucis orationibus additis, totum oratione Dominica concludunt officium.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

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