in principio
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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
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
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
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
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
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