perinde
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of perinde
From Latin
Example Sentences
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The ideal was an old one; the famous perinde ac cadaver itself dates back to Francis of Assisi, but nowhere had the ideal been so completely realized as by the companions of Ignatius.
From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved
It exalts the obedience of the Jesuits to their superiors, and praises the principle that they, without any will of their own, should be perinde ac cadaver—like a corpse.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
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