ad vitam
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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"I believe the pope's ministry is ad vitam, for life," Francis says.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024
The project is calling the vehicle Ava, which stands for the Latin phrase ad vitam aeternam, meaning “to eternal life.”
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2021
XIX, 17: “Si autem vis ad vitam ingredi, serva mandata.”
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
Prædicabat evangelium populis, Multas virtutes et signa simul operatus Curabat cæcos et leprosos: Mortuos revocabat ad vitam.
From A Hymn on the Life, Virtues and Miracles of St. Patrick Composed by his Disciple, Saint Fiech, Bishop of Sletty by Fiech, Saint
To justify, says he, means "to make a just man out of an unjust one, that is to recall a dead man to life—ex impio iustum facere, hoc est, mortuum ad vitam revocare."
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
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