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  • Pamelius, all agree upon the confection of the chrism on that day, as does also the "Ordo romanus I".

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • + Controversiae selectae contra haereticos "(Rome, 1663) +" Assertor romanus adversus calumnias heterodoxorum Anglorum praesertim et Scotorum in academiis Oxoniensi, Cantabrigiensi et

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • In imagination I fancy myself in the midst of the august Roman senate, senatus populusque romanus, as was said in those happy days which, unfortunately for humanity, will nevermore return.

    The Social Cancer Jos�� Rizal 1878

  • Among the MSS. occurs "Virgilius antiquus litteris maiusculis" -- no doubt the Vatican Virgil (_Codex romanus_), a volume which fully justifies its place among those termed _libri pretiosiores_.

    The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871

  • Civis romanus est brought down Gaius Verres; civis americanus est ought to have protected Emmett Till, James Meredith, and Medgar Evers, but it didn't.

    Claremont.org 2009

  • Lucius Axius eques romanus ante beltum ciuile Pompeianum denariis quadringentis fingula paria venditamtf vti tradit M. Varro.

    Scriptorvm rei rvsticae vetervm latinorvm tomvs primvs-[qvartvs].. 1794

  • a backward or prejudiced lot, not even knowing how to speak their language; they feel themselves superior, as formerly the señor soldado of the sixteenth century, or the civis romanus.

    The Modern Regime, Volume 1 Hippolyte Taine 1860

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