perinde
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of perinde
From Latin
Example Sentences
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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
Et h�c perinde se habere, ac si diceret Virgilianus �neas: Provehimur portu ...
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene
Si quis dixerit Romanum Pontificem habere quidem in Ecclesia primatum jurisdictionis, non vero etiam supremam potestatem docendi, regendi et gubernandi Ecclesiam, perinde ac si primatus jurisdictionis ab illâ supremâ, potestate distingui posset—anathema sit.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
Post ejus interitum omnis nostra juventus languet, deliciis plus dedita quàm deceret: nec perinde, ac debuerat, in laudis et gloriae cupiditate versatur.
From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by Prescott, William Hickling
Qui novit, neque id quod sentit exprimit, perinde est ac si nesciret.
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert
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