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  • Bill had named her Adora, Italian for second person singular present imperative of the verb “adorare,” Bill joked once.

    The Adults Alison Espach 2011

  • “Cum ergo natus esset Jesus in Bethlehem Juda in diebus Herodis regis, ecce magi ab oriente venerunt Jerosolymam, dicentes: Ubi est qui natus est rex Judæorum? vidimus enim stellam ejus in oriente, et venimus adorare eum.”

    Matthew Yglesias » Toy Drives Checking Immigration Status of Children 2009

  • Bill had named her Adora, Italian for second person singular present imperative of the verb “adorare,” Bill joked once.

    The Adults Alison Espach 2011

  • Because, well, the Brits first learned about tomatoes from the Italians, who of course call them pomodoro, and mistakenly thought the word was derived from adorare.

    Love Apples tannaz 2008

  • Because, well, the Brits first learned about tomatoes from the Italians, who of course call them pomodoro, and mistakenly thought the word was derived from adorare.

    Archive 2008-08-01 tannaz 2008

  • Ægyptum venerit, ab aliis Serapidem adorare, ab aliis cogitur

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Deum appellare aut pronam facie terram contingente adorare oportet, et hoc amuletum majoribus nostris acceptum ferre debemus,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Et oremus instantèr pro ipsis Paganis, vt agnita veritatis luce videre possint quò ambulant, vt perueniant ad Iesum Christuro coæqualem Dei filium, atque in ipso, et per ipsum laudare et adorare solum vnum verum Deum.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Et oremus instant鑢 pro ipsis Paganis, vt agnita veritatis luce videre possint qu� ambulant, vt perueniant ad Iesum Christuro co鎞ualem Dei filium, atque in ipso, et per ipsum laudare et adorare solum vnum verum Deum.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • My adoration of Mr. Muhammad grew, in the sense of the Latin root word _adorare_.

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964

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