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But now they have become “aurium offensiva” quotation marks in the original; “offensive to the ears”, an expression which the liturgical reformer is obviously adapting from one of the theological notes which had been employed for centuries, “offensive to pious ears”.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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(evil-sounding), piarum aurium offensiva (offensive to pious ears), etc.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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