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  • Neque qualiter superstitionibus solent miseri homines captivam mentem addicere: sed quia non dubiam vim numinis illic sentimus vigere ac spirare, qua ad parendum, scientes so volentes, vividius tamen et efficacius quam pro humana aut voluntate aut scientia trahimur et accendimur ...

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

  • Neque qualiter superstitionibus solent miseri homines captivam mentem addicere: sed quia non dubiam vim numinis illic sentimus vigere ac spirare, qua ad parendum, scientes so volentes, vividius tamen et efficacius quam pro humana aut voluntate aut scientia trahimur et accendimur ...

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

  • [460: 2] "Hoc enim pretio Dominus veniam addicere instituit."

    The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution 1854

  • Addiction, derived from the latin addicere, literally means to be enslaved.

    Minivan News : Top Stories 2009

  • _comprimere_, _coangustare_, _addicere gentes immanissimas_; terming them

    Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John Isaac Newton 1684

  • Latin addicere, to give one's consent to a thing.)

    Latest Articles 2009

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