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toto caelo

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[toh-toh kahy-loh, toh-toh see-loh] / ˈtoʊ toʊ ˈkaɪ loʊ, ˈtoʊ toʊ ˈsi loʊ /

adverb

Latin.
  1. by the entire extent of the heavens; diametrically.


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This, of course, was an extension of the programme to which he gave his assent at Cairo; it differed toto caelo from the policy of abandonment laid down at London.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland

It is omitted also in the Armenian version, which, except for the later translation by Sahak from Syriac, might be supposed to differ toto caelo from the Latin in country and genius.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Mr. Payne here differs, toto caelo, from Mr. Tylor, who finds no sufficient proof for wholly non-religious savages, and from Roskoff, who has disposed of the arguments of Sir John Lubbock.

From The Making of Religion by Lang, Andrew

Mr. Buckle does not think much of the ancient Egyptian civilization, differing in this respect toto caelo from Hekekyan Bey, who finds in the monuments proofs of the existence of an expansive popular government.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various

So far, so good; but where local agents differed toto caelo in capacity and character, where the personnel was continually changing, the outcome was necessarily varied.

From The Souls of Black Folk by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)

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