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laborare est orare

[lah-boh-rah-re est oh-rah-re, lab-uh-rair-ee est uh-rair-ee]

Latin.
  1. to work is to pray.



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"Laborare est orare, just now!" he added to himself.

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"Laborare est orare" was a monastic maxim.

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It takes its stand on the old maxim laborare est orare.

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Laborare est orare—that shall be my motto, father.

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The very fringe that edged the beam spoke to her of a brother's thoughtfulness, while the same hand had designed the motto which from henceforth was to be Mildred's own—'Laborare est orare.'

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