Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Thine; that which is thine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Lit., thine; that which is thine; -- used in meum and tuum. See 2d meum.

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Examples

  • Lenta qui uelut adsitas uitis implicat arbores, implicabitur in tuum

    Iunia weds with Manlius 1912

  • After, in the eleventh part of the canon of the mass the priest beateth his breast saying: Nobis quoque peccatoribus, etc., and that signifieth the contrition and repentance that the thief that hung on the cross at the right hand of God had, when he said: Memento mei domine cum veneris in regnum tuum, that is to say: Lord I pray thee that thou be remembered of me when thou comest into thy realm.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900

  • The first is of the eternal goods, that we may have them; and therefore saith he: Pater noster qui es in coelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum, that is as much for to say: Father that art reigning in heaven thy sweet name be blessed.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900

  • To the old, such plots and plans, such matured schemes for obtaining the goods of this world without the trouble of earning them, such long-headed attempts to convert "tuum" into "meum" are the ways of life to which they are accustomed.

    Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope 1848

  • During the procession which now follows, and at which all the partakers carry lighted candles in their hands, the choir sings the antiphon "Adorna thalamum tuum, Sion", composed by St. John of Damascus, one of the few pieces which, text and music, have been borrowed by the Roman Church from the Greeks.

    Candlemas, The Feast of the Presentation and Purification 2009

  • Salvum fac populum tuum, Domine, et benedic hereditati tuae.

    Te Deum...I do like this picture! Catholic Mom of 10 2009

  • Pater noster, quis es in coelis; sanctificetur nomen tuum: ad veniat regnum tuum: fiat voluntas tua, sicut in coelo, et in terra.

    Excerpt: Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett 2007

  • Be that as it may, however, it is not true that the doxology "Quia tuum est regnum, et potestas, et gloria in saecula" is gone.

    URGENT The "Reform of the Reform" is in motion 2009

  • Patrem immensae maiestatis: Venerandum tuum verum et unicum Filium; Sanctum quoque Paraclitum Spiritum.

    Te Deum...I do like this picture! Catholic Mom of 10 2009

  • Et laudamus nomen tuum in saeculum, et in saeculum saeculi.

    Te Deum...I do like this picture! Catholic Mom of 10 2009

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