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  • -- OG Mitch Petrus -- An anchor up front for the Hogs, Petrus is a potential second-round pick.

    Arkansas - Team Notes 2010

  • On the front edge of the slab Mr F.J. Baigent discovered the name Petrus

    Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Philip Walsingham Sergeant 1912

  • Saviour of the world ever condescended to 'pun' on the word Petrus, and say, 'On this Rock (or stone) I will build my Church,' when He already knew that He had to deal with a coward who would soon deny

    The Master-Christian Marie Corelli 1889

  • The best suggestion regarding their origin is that they belong to a person, probably Christian, who used the name Petrus as _gentilitium_, and Paulus as _cognomen_, and who was the son of

    Pagan and Christian Rome Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani 1888

  • The term “Ramism” is used to designate the intellec - tual trends, in part philosophical and in part pedagogi - cal, associated with the work of Pierre de la Ramée, better known as Petrus Ramus, or Peter Ramus

    RAMISM WALTER JACKSON ONG 1968

  • The enemies of Aristotelean philosophy gladly adopted the system of Copernicus, considering its hypotheses as so many propositions physically true, this being the case with Pierre de La Ramée, called Petrus Ramus (1502-72), and especially with Giordano Bruno (about 1550-1600).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • Peter, and was known as Petrus Juliani or Petrus Hispanus.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • The new restaurant, called Petrus, is a few minutes 'walk from the Berkeley Hotel, site of the former incarnation of Petrus, until an acrimonious split in 2008 between the celebrity chef and his former friend and protégé Marcus Wareing, who now runs an acclaimed restaurant there under his own name.

    Decanter News 2010

  • A red Bordeaux wine called Petrus - it sells for more than $2,000 a bottle.

    news.newamericamedia.org 2009

  • "Petrus," he said by way of example, looking at me like I oughtta know.

    LOOKING SIDEWAYS AT MERLOT 2007

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