Thomas à Kempis

American  

[tom-uhs uh kem-pis] / ˈtɒm əs ə ˈkɛm pɪs /

noun

1. Kempis, Thomas à.

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Thomas à Kempis British  

noun

1. See Kempis

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Example Sentences

But fifty or so pages later his recoil from Christian self-sacrifice is palpable once again; he is repelled, for instance, by Thomas à Kempis’s lament, in “Imitation of Christ,” that “truly, it is an affliction to live in the world.”

From The New Yorker

He especially recommended St. Augustine’s “Confessions” and Thomas à Kempis’s “The Imitation of Christ.”

From The New Yorker

These books had a profound impact on my thinking: “The Evolution of Civilizations,” by Carroll Quigley; “Politics as a Vocation,” by Max Weber; “The Denial of Death,” by Ernest Becker; “Imitation of Christ,” by Thomas à Kempis; “Meditations,” by Marcus Aurelius; “The Cure at Troy,” by Seamus Heaney; and “The Guns of August,” by Barbara Tuchman.

From New York Times

Even 15th-century famous spiritual writer German Thomas à Kempis didn’t make it through the process.

From Salon

The issue would have been that Thomas à Kempis did not peacefully accept death as a saint should.

From Salon