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This employment of the word directorium was by no means peculiar to England.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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[Quo propius ad polum acceditur, e� directorium Nauiticum magis a Septentrione deuiat.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Quia ver� Magnes alium quam Mundi polum habet, quo ex omni parte, respicit: quo propi鵶 ad eum acceditur, e� directorium illud Nauticum magnetis virtute imbutum, magis �
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Now, advantage was taken of this principle in the arrangement of the old Pye or directorium which preceded our present "Ordo".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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[Sidenote: Quo propius ad polum acceditur, eò directorium Nauiticum magis a Septentrione deuiat.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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As this title suffices to show, a directorium or guide for the recitation of Office and Mass had to be constructed according to the needs of a particular diocese or group of dioceses, for as a rule each diocese has certain saints 'days and feasts peculiar to itself, and these have all to be taken account of in regulating the Office, a single change often occasioning much disturbance by the necessity it creates of transferring coincident celebrations to other days.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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