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  • noun Alternative capitalization of vade mecum

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Examples

  • Then he will take out a little Vade Mecum, which is never absent from his waistband, and unroll it.

    Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880

  • The Connecting Through Lights, Cameras & Action session started with Allen County (Fort Wayne, Indiana) public library's Sean Robinson showing a video he made, called Vade Mecum, about a woman becoming engrossed in a book by Amy Tan.

    Infotoday Blog 2009

  • They were given just seven months to make often major and expensive structural changes – some of which, based as they were in the Vade Mecum, were neither necessary nor legally required - without which they would be refused a licence to operate.

    Gold-plated nonsense Richard 2004

  • -- In reply to the inquiry of "CLERICUS" (No. 10., p. 156.) for manuals containing a complete list of Ordination Pledges, may be mentioned Johnson's _Clergyman's Vade Mecum_, 2 vols. 12mo., and

    Notes and Queries, Number 13, January 26, 1850 Various

  • Sir Philip Warwick, after remarking that Hampden was well read in history, tells us that the first time he ever saw Davila's book it was lent to him 'under the title of Mr. Hambden's _Vade Mecum_' (_Mémoires_, 1701, p. 240).

    Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various

  • He looked at the title page; the book was called "The Stock Breeder's Vade Mecum."

    Crome Yellow Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 1921

  • Clergyman's Vade Mecum_ -- a treatise occupied with the externals of the churchman's relations -- in which I soon came upon the following passage:

    The Seaboard Parish, Complete George MacDonald 1864

  • And if you are around at Mardi Gras time 2010, Chigadee is organizing a SL Mardi Gras/Trini carnival style parade through the streets of Vade Mecum.

    Fashion World of SL 2009

  • Introduction to The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America: A Vade Mecum for the Naturalist and the Sportsman, by Francis H. Kortright.

    Aldo Leopold (Complete Bibliography) 2008

  • Saxon's Merchant's Companion, and Tradesman's Vade Mecum, _C.

    The Annual Catalogue: Numb. II. (1738) Or, A new and compleat List of All The New Books, New Editions of Books, Pamphlets, &c. Various

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