Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A license for a student to be absent from early prayers.
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Examples
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Si quis dormiat cum vxore alterius, ille non curat nisi videat proprijs oculis: vnde non sum
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Si quis dormiat cum vxore alterius, ille non curat nisi videat proprijs oculis: vnde non sum
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Et dixit Rachel, Idcirco dormiat tecum hac nocte pro mandragoris filii tui.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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Porro etsi Dominus ipse in Petri navicula dormiat, nimietate tempestatis compulsus, ipsum quoque fiducialiter excitabo, quatenus Spiritus oris sui tempestate sedata tranquillum faciat et serenum.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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In lumma gloriatur fibi ita fuffjcei c vnius Dci tutclam, vt fnbea non mmus lecure dormiat, licet omni - bus humanis coftodiis nudatus, quam fi multas circum fe cxcubias habcret, vel vndique mu - nitus cftet multis foJalibus.
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Absit autem, ut qui in prora hujus naviculæ pervigil laborabat, jam in puppi super cervicalia dormiat, vel dormitet,” lib.iii. cap. liii.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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When there is no danger of uprooting the wheat and no danger of schism, violent measures may be used: "_Cum metus iste non subest ... non dormiat severitas disciplinæ_." [
The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church 1888
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Morborum internorum prope omnium curatio, certa methodo comprehensa, ex ... Marco Gatinaria 1554
Gammerstang commented on the word dormiat
(noun) - To take out a dormiat . . . a license to sleep. The licensed person is excused from attending early prayers in the chapel, from a plea of being indisposed. Latin; literally let him sleep.
--Benjamin Hall's Collection of College Words and Customs, 1856
January 15, 2018