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Oblates, because they call their profession an oblation, and use in it the word offero, not profiteer.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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Calvin's emblem was a flaming heart on an outstretched hand; it bore the motto: Cor meum quasi immolatum tibi offero, Domine.
Warranted Christian Belief 1932- 2000
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* Tu nosti Domine quam sanctae et purae et mundae sint ab omni malitia, et iniquitate, et rapina quas ad te extendo manus: quemadmodum justa et munda labia et ab omni mendacio libera quibus offero tibi deprecationes, ut mihi miserearis.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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The prayer followeth: -- "Tu nosti Domine quam sanctae et purae et mundae sint ab omni malitia, et iniquitate, et rapina quas ad te extendo manus: quemadmodum justa et munda labia et ab omni mendacio libera quibus offero tibi deprecationes, ut mihi miserearis."
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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Si dixerit tibi quod meruisti damnationem; dic, ‘Domine, mortem Domini nostri Jesu Christi obtendo inter te et mala merita mea, ipsiusque merita offero pro merito quod ego debuissem habere nec habeo.’
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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_Integerrimam corporis valetudinem & stabile robur castasque mensarum delitias, & beatam animi securitatem cultoribus me offero.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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In the Celtic languages the word for Mass is derived from some Latin word whose origin was the verb offero.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The word oblation, from the supine of the Latin verb offero ( "to offer"), is etymologically akin to offering, but is, unlike the latter, almost exclusively restricted to matters religious.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Again: 'Ouis ab offero vel obluo: quia antiquitus in inicio non tauri sed oues in sacrificio mactarentur.
The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London 1901
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With such a book as one's only support it was clearly of the highest importance to be good at etymology; with ouis, for instance, not to be troubled by Priscian's fanciful derivation from the Greek, but to know that it came from offero, and was therefore to be found under fero; or again to look for hirundo under aer.
The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London 1901
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