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
"Wine is to be added to all foods" -- Omnibus cibis vinum addendum esse.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2016
Neutral saline mixture, chrystals of tartar, vinum chalybeat. and other medicines had been prescribed to little advantage.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William
"Did not one of the Fathers, in great indignation, call poesy vinum d�monum?"
From Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
Non vult solus in regno Dei bibere vinum lætitiæ—nos expectat.”60.Guericke,
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman
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