op. cit.
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Origin of op. cit.
From Latin opere citātō
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But banned are such standard and numbing footnote fare as ed. cit., loc. cit., op. cit., idem and ibid.
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For the life and doctrines of Ḥasan of Baṣra, see Massignon, op. cit., p.
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Reynold Nicholson
What are those conditions in a commercial community, given which there must and without which there cannot be a commercial crisis?”—Joseph, op. cit., p.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
See also D. Macpherson, op. cit., vol. i. p.
From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by A. D. Smith
On Bayle may be read with profit, besides Sayous, op. cit. i., studies by Sainte-Beuve, Port.
From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Charles Bastide
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