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pax vobiscum

[pahks woh-bis-koom, paks voh-bis-kuhm, pahks]

Latin.
  1. peace be with you.



pax vobiscum

/ 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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"Pax vobiscum," Nick says drily.

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"Pax vobiscum!" he said, leering at me with tipsy solemnity.

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"Pax vobiscum, my son," he repeated.

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No man at this time grieves more for the danger of the Church which supposes him her enemy, while she whispers procrastinating pax vobiscum in answer to the spurious kiss of those who would fain toll curfew over the last fires of English faith, and watch the sparrow find nest where she may lay her young, around the altars of the Lord.

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He raised his hands over the heads of the kneeling people and chanted the "Pax vobiscum."

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