Definitions

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  • noun Christian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300)

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Examples

  • In medieval Paris it was called in Latin vitus ubi coquntur anseres, “the street where geese are cooked.”

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • In medieval Paris it was called in Latin vitus ubi coquntur anseres, “the street where geese are cooked.”

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • I used to have a set of pink vitus clamps around here somewhere.

    Working for the Clampdown: The Importance of Word Choice BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • I was having beers tonight with an old friend who was telling me that he finally turned his pink vitus into a fixed gear.

    Working for the Clampdown: The Importance of Word Choice BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • Wasn't that the crux of the Michael Brown case that is keeping the Lib Dems - apart from the impetuous Huhne with his tic tac vitus dance semaphore - keeping them quiet?

    Mail on Sunday: Headline Wrongly Screams "Scandal" 2007

  • Later vitus made its way into Medieval Latin as virtualis which means to have certain physical virtues.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • It turns out that the word “virtual” has its origins in an old Roman Latin word, vitus, meaning strength or virtue.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • Later vitus made its way into Medieval Latin as virtualis which means to have certain physical virtues.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • Later vitus made its way into Medieval Latin as virtualis which means to have certain physical virtues.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • It turns out that the word “virtual” has its origins in an old Roman Latin word, vitus, meaning strength or virtue.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

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