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The Council did not elaborate on what the term "supervision ofthe sacred liturgy" Sacra Liturgiae moderatio means.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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In English, the word comes from the Latin, moderatio, which means:
Sweet Deception 2006
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Dolabella, tu forti sis animo; et tua moderatio, constantia, eorum infamet injuriam.
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In spite of enormous differences in style and historical method — in spite, even, of Sallust's and Tacitus 'reac - tion against Ciceronian precedents, all three of the great Roman historians focus attention on the vitia principum as the source of decay in the state and recommend temperantia, moderatio, or some other aspect of sōphrosynē as a cure for the nation's ills.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas HELEN F. NORTH 1968
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Cicero, as part of his attempt to give Rome a philosophical vo - cabulary, suggested several Latin renderings for sō - phrosynē — temperantia, moderatio, modestia, and frugalitas (Tusculan Disputations 3.8) — of which tem - perantia became the most popular, although by no means the only accepted equivalent.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas HELEN F. NORTH 1968
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Romanae linguae in hoc erit moderatio, ut exilis ejus sonus sit, ubi ab ea verbum incipit, ut _ite_, aut pinguior, ubi in ea desinit verbum, ut _habui_, _tenui_; medium quendam sonum inter E et I habet, ubi in medio sermone est, ut _hominem_.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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Si elle est dans vne charge releuee, gardez bien de marcher d'vn pas tout a fait egal; mais suiuez tant soit pen derriere, auec tant de iustesse pourtant & de moderatio, qu'elle vous puisse bien parler sans s'incomoder.
George Washington's Rules of Civility Conway, M D 1890
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Pronuntiatio est Vocis et Vultus et Gestus moderatio cum venustate.
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'Pronuntiatio est Vocis et Vultus et Gestus moderatio cum venustate.'
The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695
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Parents need to get educated on what is healthy and what moderatio
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Michael F. Jacobson 2010
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