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This is known as his piatto cardinalicio, or ordinary means of support.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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This designation piatto was first used in the conclave of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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We were presented with a hearty dish of meaty pasta, which we devoured like the tired and hungry travellers we were, only to realise that the rest of the animal was to follow as our secondo piatto.
Sleeping with the Finzi-Continis: Sicily's Madonie mountains 2011
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Negli Autogrill che regalavano un piatto decorato artisticamente quando si mangiava la specialità locale, ne facevamo la raccolta.
Global Voices in English » Japan: Reactions to the Japanese tourist rip-off in Italy 2009
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I got in line too, ordered up un bel piatto degli gnocchi and took a seat at the long communal table.
Mary Ann Esposito: If It's Thursday, It Must Be Gnocchi 2010
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Un uomo bidimensionale vive in un mondo piatto, privo di colore, fatto di giornali.
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Paul V raised the piatto to 1500 scudi a year for cardinals whose ecclesiastical revenues were less than 6000 scudi.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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"That sounds like one of the puzzles of pronunciation like 'in un piatto poco cupo poco pepe pisto cape,'" laughed Maria Consuelo.
Don Orsino 1881
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Medici: 'Gli dovessero esser pagati per suo piatto ogn' anno
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots John Addington Symonds 1866
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Un piatto di spaghetti, un fritto misto, una salsiccia con verdura, un minestrone di verdura.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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