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

In the exercise then of that private judgment, which the reformers of the sixteenth century asserted, all the Christian world fell into error: yes, all of them; for Luther says, "in principio solus eram."

From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby

Gloria Patri, & Filio, & Spiritui Sancto: sicut erat in principio & nunc, & semper, & in sæcula sæculorum: for the 20th of April 1655, these enemies of mine, viz.

From William Lilly's History of His Life and Times From the Year 1602 to 1681 by Ashmole, Elias

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)

Gloria Patri, & Filio, & Spiritui Sancto: sicul erat in principio et nunc et semper, & in saecula saeculorum: For the 20th of April 1653, these Enemies of mine, viz.

From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh