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Kempis

American  
[kem-pis] / ˈkɛm pɪs /

noun

  1. Thomas à, 1379?–1471, German ecclesiastic and author.


Kempis British  
/ ˈkɛmpɪs /

noun

  1. Thomas à. ?1380–1471, German Augustinian monk, generally regarded as the author of the devotional work The Imitation of Christ

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Even 15th-century famous spiritual writer German Thomas à Kempis didn’t make it through the process.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2017

But according to Mr. van Kempis, Benedict’s pontificate has so far seen an explosion of in-house Vatican concerts by eminent guests.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2010

Mr. von Kempis recalls a time when John Paul II was pope, and Cardinal Ratzinger organized a Vatican performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to commemorate some special occasion.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2010

"It was two years of no contact with the outside world, reading only the Bible and Thomas a Kempis," says Brown.

From Time Magazine Archive

Let it keep to tasks “of a size with its capacity”—as � Kempis says—and leave the rest.

From Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. by Hill, J. Arthur

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