sanctus

• Since Romance derivatives of Latin sanctus mean holy as well as saint, the Spanish name today, like the same name for several towns in countries of Spanish culture, means in English ` Holy Faith. ' —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 3
• Given the charming name of Confuciusornis sanctus, the 140 million-year-old species consists so far of three partial skeletons found in Northeastern China. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 01 - July 1996
• This method he followed in saying santus for sanctus, and scriserunt for scripserunt, just as in vulgar English one now and then hears "slep" and "kep" for the more difficult "slept" and "kept." —  The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature
• 7:12) after saying that the "Law is holy," adds that "the commandment is just, and holy, and good": "just," in respect of the judicial precepts; "holy," with regard to the ceremonial precepts (since the word "sanctus"--"holy"--is applied to that which is consecrated to God); and "good," i.e. conducive to virtue, as to the moral precepts Reply Obj. —  Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition
• Geran (geram in the text) is interpreted sanctus, and seems from a lengthy discussion of it to be connected with [Greek: gerôn] and [Greek: ieros]. [ —  The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London

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