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The inmates worked together by day in a large hall where was hung up in large letters, visible to all, the word silentium, indicating that the work must go on in silence.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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XIV, and following the example of his predecessors, Clement XI condemned in the Bull Vineam Domini (17 () 5) the Jansenist evasion known as silentium obsequiosum, or respectful silence, and proscribed
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Fraudem aperiens ostendit ei non aquam sed silentium iracundiae moderari.
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Tunc domino Cane in suo throno sedente, accedunt Barones cum circulis et coronis in capite, vestiti vario modo, quia aliqui de viridi, scilicet primi, secundi de sanguineo, et tertij de croceo, et tenent in manibus vnam tabulam eburneam de dentibus Elephantum, et cinguntur cingulis aureis vno semisse latis, et stant pedibus silentium tenentes.
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Dura autem est visum Curiæ gubernatoribus satis de prædictis auditum, faciunt proclamatores silentium imperari, et incipit fieri offerenda Imperatori hoc modo.
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Dura autem est visum Curi� gubernatoribus satis de pr鎑ictis auditum, faciunt proclamatores silentium imperari, et incipit fieri offerenda Imperatori hoc modo.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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'Date potestatem mihi statariam agere ut liceat per silentium.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Igitur longum utriusque silentium, ne inriti dissuaderent; an eo descensum credebant, ut, nisi praeveniretur
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Videas aliquando hominem aperto ore quasi intercluso habitu expirare, non cantare, ac ridiculosa quadam vocis interceptione quasi minitari silentium; nunc agones morientium, vel extasim patientium imitari.
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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Magnatum scrinia; veni, per Noctis & tenebrarum abdita profundissima; per labentia sydera; per ipsos motus horarum furtivos, Hecatesq [ue] altum silentium!
Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman
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