vinum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vinum
From the Latin word vīnum wine
Example Sentences
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The Church saw vinum clarum as a profane wine, and its consumption was not imbued with Christian symbolism, nor attached to any table ceremony.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2024
One of the most interesting and informing things on the subject is his discourse on vinum acinaticium, a sort of Roman Imperial Tokay made from grapes kept till the frost had touched them.
From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by George Saintsbury
Good home-brewed beer has been styled by some vinum Britannicum, and by others liquid bread.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827 by Various
One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum doemonum, because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Certainly if it be not vinum dæmonum it is not Poetry.
From Life of Robert Browning by William Sharp
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