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Definition of Peccavis
1. peccavi [n] - See also: peccavi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peccavis
Literary usage of Peccavis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of the Spirit in the Modern English Poets by Vida Dutton Scudder (1895)
"Upon his forehead are inscribed the seven peccavis, which only the scaling of
the mountain can remove. On the summit of the mountain, in the Earthly ..."
2. The Basque Country by Romilly Fedden (1921)
"... TUA ET IN STERNUM NON peccavis. It is amusing to see how the fashion in
inscriptions will run through a certain period or a certain village. ..."
3. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"Then he had penitential petitions, Paler-peccavis to write, to get presented and
enforced ; for which end all manner of friends must be urged: ..."
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