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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
author .
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The Emperor Marcian in his first letter to Leo I declares that the success of the intended synod depends on his -- the pope's -- authorization, and Leo, not Marcian, is later called the auctor synodi without any restrictive qualification, especially at the time of the "Three Chapters" dispute, where the extension of the synod's authority was called in question.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Mauris libero nibh, auctor quis volutpat et, interdum ac leo.
Why describe characters? maryrobinette 2009
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Rector humani generis et auctor, nobis aeternum tribue benigne scandere caelum.
September 29: The Feast of St. Michael and All Angels bls 2008
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(Iconium), “Multa seges sepulchralium quæ virorum ex omni ævo doctissimorum exuvias condunt, mille et unum recenset auctor Libri qui inscribitur Hassaaer we jek mesaar (Hazár ve yek Mezár), i.e., mille et unum mausolea.”
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Rector humani generis et auctor, nobis aeternum tribue benigne scandere caelum.
Archive 2008-09-01 bls 2008
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This counsel was embraced, factum est, and it was registered forthwith, Et sic bona sententia mansit, malus auctor mutatus est.
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Landino as commentator becomes an auctor, and is divinely inspired just like Dante.
Archive 2006-12-01 Miglior acque 2006
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Landino as commentator becomes an auctor, and is divinely inspired just like Dante.
Simon A. Gilson, Dante and Renaissance Florence (CUP, 2005) Miglior acque 2006
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Opera omnia ¦ haetenus edita auctor ante obitum recensuit ¦ posthuma vero, totius naturae explicationem complectentia, in lucem nunc primum prodeunt ex bibliotheca ¦ Henrici-Ludovici-Haberti Mon-Morii ¦ [Accessit Samuelis Sorberii praefatio, in qua de vita et moribus Petri Gassendi disseritur.]
Pierre Gassendi Fisher, Saul 2005
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Contra Mauritanium sunt Fortunatae, VII numero, quarum una Canaria vocitata, à multitudine canum ingentis magnitudinis, ut auctor est
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