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Sidonius, the existence of the foedus was the crucial litmus test for the acceptability of
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The ultimate result he envisaged would not be a single world state (a civitas gentium) created by a single treaty (pactum pacis), but a peaceful union or federation (foedus pacificum) that “maintains itself, prevents wars, and steadily expands.”
The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008
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Pepigi foedus cum oculis meis ne cogitarem de virgine.
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Federal from foedus, “league” is an adjective that has come to mean “characteristic of a national union” and not “of a confederation”; federalize, despite the powers denied the national government and reserved for the states and the people in the Tenth Amendment, is a verb meaning “to bring under central control.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Federal from foedus, “league” is an adjective that has come to mean “characteristic of a national union” and not “of a confederation”; federalize, despite the powers denied the national government and reserved for the states and the people in the Tenth Amendment, is a verb meaning “to bring under central control.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Atque ita illis et nobis commodum inde accedat, s韙que amicitia perpetua, et foedus indissoluble inter illos et nos, dum permittent illi nos accipere de rebus, quibus superabundant in regnis suis, et nos concedemus illis ex regnis nostris res, quibus destituuntur.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Qui, lic鑤 foedus esset inter eos, precibus illius nullaten鵶 voluit acquiescere, sed illos ad regem
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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C鎠are� vestr� Maiestatis Musulmanorum interpres egregiam nauarit operam vt hoc inter nos foedus fieret, rogamus summoper� vt in nostram gratiam eum in Mustafaracarum ordinem C鎠area vestra
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Et nonnullis interpositis, Nunc, inquit, ex verbis Caroli foedus firmum inter eum & Offam compactum subijciam.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Abbatem de Lisa nobis significastis volentes & desiderantes foedus pacis & dilectionis libenter nobiscum inire & nobiscum confoederari.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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