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pax vobiscum

American  
[pahks woh-bis-koom, paks voh-bis-kuhm, pahks] / ˈpɑks woʊˈbɪs kʊm, ˈpæks voʊˈbɪs kəm, ˈpɑks /
Latin.
  1. peace be with you.


pax vobiscum British  
/ pæks vəʊˈbɪskʊm /
  1. peace be with you

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Now may I forget my pax vobiscum and no harm be done," he exclaimed joyfully.

From A Boy's Ride by Zollinger, Gulielma

I turned to the hearth, tossed on the fire the sere old paper, which blazed at once, and then, hearing the words pax vobiscum, I looked round. 

From In the Wrong Paradise by Lang, Andrew

"Thou be but a sorry priest to forget thy pax vobiscum," he said with a crafty look.

From A Boy's Ride by Zollinger, Gulielma

Sare a pax vobiscum is there f'r thim that's huddled in th' ol' hack, sthragglin' home in th' dust to th' empty panthry an' th' fireless grate.

From Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen by Dunne, Finley Peter

And then will I play so busily with my food that no words can escape me save pax vobiscum.

From A Boy's Ride by Zollinger, Gulielma

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