limen
noun
limina
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pluralof limen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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According to Quinn, the ad limina visits—obligatory meetings between bishops and the pope, during which each bishop reports on the state of his diocese—that take place every five years have not been very useful either.
From Time ● Oct. 13, 2014
The truly important issues never get talked about in ad limina visits,” says Quinn.
From Time ● Oct. 13, 2014
When they were bishops, these men would also have been asked to report to Rome every five years for "ad limina" visits—or planning and prayer meetings with the pope and other officials.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2013
Yugoslav bishops easily gained travel permits to attend the Vatican Council or make their normal ad limina visits to the Pope.
From Time Magazine Archive
True, he had spent so much time in Rome before his election, that he was able to escape in 1390 the triennial visit ad limina which was normally expected of an Abbot.
From William de Colchester Abbot of Westminster by Ernest Harold Pearce
