Definition of A Kempis

1. Noun. German ecclesiastic (1380-1471).

Exact synonyms: Thomas A Kempis
Generic synonyms: Churchman, Cleric, Divine, Ecclesiastic

Lexicographical Neighbors of A Kempis

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a1-antitrypsin
a1-lipoprotein
a1-trypsin inhibitor
a11y
a1PI
a2-neuraminoglycoprotein
aDNA
aDNAs
aI1 endonuclease
aPTT
aThr
aVF
aVL
aVR
a Kempis (current term)
a baculo
a bad carpenter blames his tools
a bad workman always blames his tools
a bene placito
a billion
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
a bit
a bit much
a bit much(p)
a camel is a horse designed by a committee
a camel is a horse made by a committee
a capella
a capella singing
a cappella

Literary usage of A Kempis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"1887; LA Wheatley. Story of the Imitation of Christ, ib. 1891; Roring, Thomas a Kempis, Zijne voorgangers en siine ..."

2. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1858)
"No one who knows practically the value of books of devotion, can fail to have a high regard for the celebrated ' Imitation of Christ? by Thomas a Kempis. ..."

3. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"BY THOMAS a Kempis. [THOMAS a Kempis, the famous ecclesiastic and author, was so called from the town of Kempen, near Cologne, where he was born about 1380. ..."

4. Varia: Readings from Rare Books by James Hain Friswell (1866)
"... a Kempis AND THE IMITATIO CHRISTI. HEN one is perfectly aware that, of all popular books, popular in the best sense, and widely spread in the fullest, ..."

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