Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A candidate for a public office at Rome.
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Examples
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The Adelhausen nun Gute of Winzela had a vision of her deceased brother, a member of the Teutonic Knights, as the choir nuns sang the verse Te martyrum candidatus from the Te Deum laudamus. 79
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Te gloriosus Apostolorum chorus, Te Prophetarum laudabilis numerus, Te Martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus.
Te Deum...I do like this picture! Catholic Mom of 10 2009
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It is an innumerable group that the liturgy calls martyrum candidatus exercitus, the ‘candid crowd of martyrs’.
Angelus: Entrusting to Mary all the martyrs and the persecuted for the Gospel Argent 2006
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After some years of hesitation he resolved to be ordained, and in 1802 he passed with great distinction the examination for _candidatus theologiae_, and attracted the regard of F.V. Reinhard, author of the _System der christlichen Moral_
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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The term "candidate" had its derivation from the person being _candidatus, _ clothed in white, as symbolical of the wearer's purity.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 494, June 18, 1831 Various
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And whilst he was about to smite off the head, the holy king, kneeling on his knees, said this holy canticle: Te Deum laudamus, till he came to this verse: Te martyrum candidatus, and therewith he gave up his spirit to our Lord Jesu Christ in likeness of a dove, as afore is said.
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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In the fierce fight which was waged at Arles for the possession of the covered bridge across the Rhone [517], the bravery of our _candidatus_ was everywhere conspicuous, and he received many honourable wounds, those best and most eloquent champions of a soldier's courage.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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Their most famous discovery, a bacterium named candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator or "bold traveler", in a nod to Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth," has been determined to have lived as long as 3 to 40 million years deep underground without any contact with the surface - using the radioactive decay of nearby rock as its energy source and breaking molecules into bite-sized nourishment.
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The Latin adjective candidatus literally means "dressed in white," and Mr. Lapidus clearly fits that bill.
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The Latin adjective candidatus literally means "dressed in white," and Mr. Lapidus clearly fits that bill.
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