V.D.M.
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Etymology
Origin of V.D.M.
From Latin Verbī Deī Minister
Example Sentences
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Mynheer Lukas Albertus Albertyn, V.D.M. resident minister of the Dutch Reformed Church at Schalkburg, was a fair type of the average country predikant, which is to say that he performed all the duties of his office with ordinary conscientiousness, had a keen eye to the customary emoluments of the said office, both in currency and in kind, and was regarded with veneration by the female side of his flock, and the older and less progressive of the male.
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Hospital; talk with Mr. V.d.M.; very sick; delirious somewhat; Psalm 27, prayer.
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The following old poem was long ascribed, on apparently sufficient grounds, to the Rev. Ralph Erskine, or, as he designated himself, "Ralph Erskine, V.D.M."
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