quo vadis
BritishEtymology
Origin of quo vadis
Latin: from the Vulgate version of John 16:5
Example Sentences
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His last name, in Spanish, is two syllables; it would rhyme with quo vadis.
From Time Magazine Archive
I might say to myself: 'Juliane, quo vadis?'
From Cosmopolis — Volume 2 by Bourget, Paul
Citizeness, don't you remember the stone footprint of our Lord in the church of Domine quo vadis?
From Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania by Bicknell, Percy Favor
A cast or copy of it is in the little church of 'Domine, quo vadis?'
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
In the centre, in front of the representation of some town, probably Rome, is Our Lord bearing His Cross and St. Peter kneeling at His feet—no doubt the well-known legend 'Domine quo vadis?'
From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum
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