vade mecum
noun
something a person carries about for frequent or regular use.
vade mecums
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pluralof vade mecum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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To U. S. boarding school girls abroad in well-chaperoned quest of charm, these became standard vade mecums.
From Time Magazine Archive
His master had many of these tanners in the state vade mecums known as prisons.
From Waldfried A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
