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- adjective poetic
Adoring .
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"Sed propositum salutis et eos amplectitur, qui Creatorem agnoscunt, inter quos imprimis Musulmanos, qui fidem Abrahae se tenere profitentes, nobiscum Deum adorant unicum, misericordem, homines die novissimo iudicaturum." from Lumen Gentium §16.
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And which was most absurd, they made gods upon such ridiculous occasions; As children make babies (so saith [6510] Morneus), their poets make gods, et quos adorant in templis, ludunt in Theatris, as Lactantius scoffs.
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Et puis adorant meme que dis je venerant la neige j'ai MON coin a moi de neige blanche et plate pas abimé pour un sous ou je depose toujours une seule empreinte ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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Vltra transiui per mare Oceanum versus meridiem, et transiui per multas contratas et insulas, quarum vna vocatur Moumoran, et habet in circuitu 2000. milliaria, in qua homines portant facies caninas et mulieres similitèr, et vnum bouem adorant pro Deo suo, et ideo quilibet vnum bouem aureum vel argenteum in fronte portat: Homines illius contratæ et mulieres vadunt totaliter nudi, nisi quod vnum pannum lineum portant ante verenda sua.
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Multas superuacuas obseruant ceremonias, quia respiciunt in vanitates et insanias falsas: solem et lunam praecipuè adorant, eisque frequentèr genua curuant, et ad nouilunium, quicquid est magni estimant inchoandum.
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Omnes autem de terra illa bouem viuum sicut Deum suum adorant, quem
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Omnes pro deo adorant bouem, vnde et quilibet in fronte argenteam seu auream similitudinem bouis defert, et si quem viuum in prælio ceperint, sine vlla miseratione manducant.
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Namque stultorum aliqui Paganorum huiusmodi adorant animalia propter colorum, odorumque virtutem.
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Omnes adorant ad Aquilonem complosis manibus: et prosternentes se genibus flexis ad terram, ponentes frontem super manus.
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Namque stultorum aliqui Paganorum huiusmodi adorant animalia propter colorum, odorumque virtutem.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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