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ite, missa est: go, it is the dismissal: Loosely: "You have been dismissed". Concluding words addressed to the people in the Mass of the Roman Rite. [7] The term missa "Mass" derives from a reanalysis of the phrase to mean "Go, the missa is accomplished." iter legis: the path of the law: The path a law takes from its conception to its ...
"Ite, missa est" sung by the deacon at a Solemn Mass. Ite, missa est (English: "Go, it is the dismissal") are the concluding Latin words addressed to the people in the Mass of the Roman Rite in the Catholic Church, as well as in the Divine Service of the Lutheran Church.
[6] [7] [8] Quizlet's blog, written mostly by Andrew in the earlier days of the company, claims it had reached 50,000 registered users in 252 days online. [9] In the following two years, Quizlet reached its 1,000,000th registered user. [10] Until 2011, Quizlet shared staff and financial resources with the Collectors Weekly website. [11]
Romani ite domum on a reconstruction of a Roman settlement in Britain, in the Hull and East Riding Museum " Romani ite domum" (English: Romans go home) is the corrected Latin phrase for the graffito " Romanes eunt domus" from a scene in the film Monty Python's Life of Brian.
I strive towards higher things: ad arbitrium: at will, at pleasure: ad astra: to the stars: A common name or motto, in whole or part, among many publications ad astra per aspera: to the stars through difficulties: i.e., "a rough road leads to the stars", as on the Launch Complex 34 memorial plaque for the astronauts of Apollo 1.
American-English, English-American : a two-way glossary of words in daily use on both sides of the Atlantic. Abson. ISBN 978-0-902920-60-6. Davies, Christopher (2005). Divided by a Common Language: A Guide to British and American English. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-618-00275-7. Hargraves, Orin (2003).
Bisect means "to cut into two"; dissect means "to cut apart", both literally and figuratively. Disect is an archaic word meaning "to separate by cutting", but has not been in common use since the 17th century. Standard: The Americas are bisected by the Panama canal. Standard: She dissected Smith's dissertation, pointing out scores of errors.
For example, a word can have several word senses. [3] Polysemy is distinct from monosemy, where a word has a single meaning. [3] Polysemy is distinct from homonymy—or homophony—which is an accidental similarity between two or more words (such as bear the animal, and the verb bear); whereas homonymy is a mere linguistic coincidence, polysemy ...