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Rom. similes a. bacculorum calculis, secundum computantis arbitrium, modo aerei sunt, modo aurei; ad nutum regis nunc beati sunt nunc miseri.
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Copiosus quoque numerus formosorum puerorum, et puellarum, ætatis inter decem et sex decem annos, indutorum torquibus, et cycladibus exauratis, exercentium inter iocos cantus et spectacula, ac seruientium suo Domino prope nutum.
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Ipsi etiam si in aliquo offendunt, vel si non obediunt ad nutum, vt asmi verberantur.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Baschathos suos ponunt in terris eorum quos redire permittunt, quibus oportet vt ad nutum tam duces quam alij debeant obedire.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Episcopum suum colunt pro Rege ad cuius nutum respicit totus populus.
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Episcopum suum colunt pro Rege ad cuius nutum respicit totus populus.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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* An pro tempore illa bona erant, flendo petere etiam quod noxie daretur; indignari acriter non subjectis hominibus, liberis et majoribus, hisque a quibus genitus est; multisque praeterea prudentioribus, non ad nutum voluntatis obtemperantibus, feriendo nocere niti, quantum potest, quia non obeditur imperiis quibus perniciose obediretur?
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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Up to a comparatively recent date all the rectors having cure of souls in this country were removable at the will of the bishop (ad nutum episcopi).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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The common law of the Church requires that every parish should have an irremovable rector, but in countries where the Church is not canonically established, this is not always feasible, and therefore the Holy See permits the appointment of pastors who are removable at the will of the ordinary (ad nutum episcopi).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Thomas, Patriarch of Babylon, who is empowered to appoint a vicar removable ad nutum to rule the diocese, which has 8 priests, 7 stations, 2 schools, and a Catholic population of 1500.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913
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