Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
lumbus .
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Examples
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“Hercle quanta dorsi concinnitas! ut exuberantes lumbi amplexantes manus implent! quam scite circumductae clunium pulpae in se rotundantur, neque tenues nimis ipsis ossibus adstrictae, neque in immensam effusae Pinguedinem!”
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But its liturgical character appears from the prayers which even from early times were recited in putting it on and from the symbolism of spiritual watchfulness which then specially attached to it, according to the text, "Sint lumbi vestri præcincti".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Quoniam lumbi mei im - pleti funt illufionibus; * 8c non eft fanitas in carae mea.
Breviarium ecclesiæ Rotomagensis Rouen diocese 1777
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On one occasion, thinking that they had been magnetizing him for ten minutes, this same doctor fancied that he felt a heat in his lumbi, which he compared to that of a stove.”
Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Arago, Francois 1859
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On one occasion, thinking that they had been magnetizing him for ten minutes, this same doctor fancied that he felt a heat in his lumbi, which he compared to that of a stove. "
Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Baden Powell 1819
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