Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. With us; for or on our part: in zoölogy affixed to the name of an animal to show that such name is that which the author himself has given or by which he calls the object. The plural form is like the editorial “we.” The singular mihi, sometimes uaed, has the same signification. Usually abbreviated nob.
Examples
“The fact was pointed out that the word nobis is found in the episcopal Bulls of all nations which have by concordat the right of nomination; also that, with very rare exceptions, it appears in all the Bulls for France under the”
“Yesterday's term was writ of coram nobis, which is defined as:”
“Christian� dignitatem Islandis videntur adscribere: Facerentque et se, et veritate dignum, nisi eandem alias nobis adimerent.”
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
“Munstere et Krantzi, alias nobis Christianitatis, (vt sic dicam) legis natur�, legis item Germanorum, et sanct� simplicitatis notas qusente.”
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
“Munstere et Krantzi, alias nobis Christianitatis, (vt sic dicam) legis naturæ, legis item Germanorum, et sanctæ simplicitatis notas qusente.”
“Christianæ dignitatem Islandis videntur adscribere: Facerentque et se, et veritate dignum, nisi eandem alias nobis adimerent.”
“We name him [the candidate] and present him to Your Holiness, that it may please Your Holiness, upon our nomination and presentation, to provide for the said bishopric", etc. The Vatican nevertheless declared that it did not desire to refuse any satisfactory revision; various formulæ were proposed on either side, without success; at last the Holy See consented to suppress the word nobis employing the usual formula in drafting letters patent.”
“Krantzius his verbis, et Munsterus alibi, fidei seu Religionis Christianæ dignitatem Islandis videntur adscribere: Facerentque et se, et veritate dignum, nisi eandem alias nobis adimerent.”
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01
“Krantzi, alias nobis Christianitatis, (vt sic dicam) legis naturæ, legis item Germanorum, et sanctæ simplicitatis notas qusente.”
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01
“But when sung, it would fail in effect if not performed with a very slight pause after the word "nobis," thus:”
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