Definitions

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  • proper noun A male given name.

Etymologies

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Latinization of a Slavic ( Old Czech) name , from elements veçe "greater" + slav "glory".

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Examples

  • The composition was known from a 1650s engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar.

    Leonardo Da Vinci Painting to Be Unveiled Dalya Alberge 2011

  • On Ascension Eve, May 16th, Wenceslaus, after a final and fruitless attempt to alter the constancy of the faithful priest, the king ordered him to be cast into the river.

    Hymns of St. John Nepomucene 2009

  • His holy life as a priest led to his appointment as chaplain to the court of King Wenceslaus IV, where he converted many by his preaching and example.

    Hymns of St. John Nepomucene 2009

  • The composition was known from a 1650s engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar.

    Leonardo Da Vinci Painting to Be Unveiled Dalya Alberge 2011

  • For instance, St. Martha was adopted in 1276, St. Wenceslaus in 1298, in 1300 the feasts for the Nativity of John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, and Mary Magdalene were raised to totum duplex.

    Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008

  • I love the whole 'peace on earth' and 'good will to all men (and women)', Good King Wenceslaus setting off in a snow storm to give poor people bread and wine thing.

    Scrooges Beware lili 2008

  • Now we all know from "Good King Wenceslaus" that the page was able to keep warm in the snow by treading in the footsteps of the King which he was with him on their errand of mercy.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • Now we all know from "Good King Wenceslaus" that the page was able to keep warm in the snow by treading in the footsteps of the King which he was with him on their errand of mercy.

    Good King Wenceslaus 2009

  • The hermeneutic of continuity: Good King Wenceslaus skip to main

    Good King Wenceslaus 2009

  • 'Good King Wenceslaus' was able to incarnate his Christianity in a world filled with political unrest.

    Anne Dilenschneider: Good King Wenceslas: What Will We Risk for Justice? 2009

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