Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In old law: A covenant or contract.
- noun Among the Lombards, etc., a marriage contract; a will.
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"fabula" by the way, is a Polish word meaning, roughly, the plot or narrative of a story.
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One technique, called "fabula," or "fable," allowed Mr. Sundberg to apply commercially sold decals to a sub-layer of glass, which he then covered with irregular layers of transparent glass; the result was an accretion of odd, watery images that referenced everything from flowers to sexuality.
Per B Sundberg 2009
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It comes from the Latin fabula, meaning story or fable, and generally connotes something that is so grand as to seem mythical or legendary.
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Spanish and Portuguese it comes from "fabula" (fable).
Opera Today 2010
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Another "fabula" descendant that continues to tell tales in English is "fable."
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Another "fabula" descendant that continues to tell tales in English is "fable."
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De te fabula narratur: about you will the story be told.
Robert Naiman: Britain's Budget Cuts - Will the Bell Toll For Us? Robert Naiman 2010
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De te fabula narratur: about you will the story be told.
Robert Naiman: Britain's Budget Cuts - Will the Bell Toll For Us? Robert Naiman 2010
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De te fabula narratur: about you will the story be told.
Robert Naiman: Britain's Budget Cuts - Will the Bell Toll For Us? Robert Naiman 2010
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Gratias habo igitur omines quis pro fabula mea censerunt; enim, historia alterna “Quaestiones super caelo et mundo.”
April 30th, 2008 m_francis 2008
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