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  2. Pace (surname) - Wikipedia

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    The word sees popular usage in Ecclesiastical Latin, which today as in the Middle Ages pronounces it in the Italian manner. "Pace" remains the word for "peace" in Modern Italian. The Italian Pace is believed to be a patronymic, meaning that those with the surname are the descendants of a man with a first name of Pace (from Latin Pax, Pacis).

  3. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    At a walking pace; flowing; moderately slow tempo Andantino: a little bit walking: Less of a walking pace than andante (so slightly quicker) A tempo: to time: Return to previous tempo Fermata: held, stopped, orig. Latin firmo "make firm, fortify" Holding or sustaining a note Grave: grave, solemn: Slow and solemn tempo (slower than largo) Largo ...

  4. Four-letter word - Wikipedia

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    The term four-letter word serves as a euphemism for words that are often considered profane or offensive.. The designation "four-letter" arises from the observation that many (though not all) popular or slang terms related to excretory functions, sexual activity, genitalia, blasphemies, and terms linked to Hell or damnation are incidentally four-character monosyllables.

  5. List of Latin abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    "under the word or heading" As in a dictionary. SVBEEV si vales bene est ego valeo "If you are well, it is good. I am well." Among the Romans, this was a traditional salutation at the beginning of a letter. ThD Theologiae Doctor "Doctor of Theology" Where periods are used, it is "Th.D." ult. ultimo mense [1] "last month" See also inst. and prox ...

  6. Š-L-M - Wikipedia

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    The word إسلام ʾislām is a verbal noun derived from s-l-m, meaning "submission" (i.e. entrusting one's wholeness to a higher force), which may be interpreted as humility. "One who submits" is signified by the participle مسلم, Muslim (fem. مسلمة, muslimah). [6] The word is given a number of meanings in the Qur'an.

  7. List of Latin phrases (I) - Wikipedia

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    From Horace's Odes (I.22.1) [4] Used as a funeral hymn. intelligenti pauca: few words suffice for him who understands: inter alia (i.a.) among other things: Term used in formal extract minutes to indicate that the minute quoted has been taken from a fuller record of other matters, or when alluding to the parent group after quoting a particular ...

  8. Pace (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A pace is a unit of length consisting either of one normal walking step (approximately 0.75 metres or 30 inches), or of a double step, returning to the same foot (approximately 1.5 metres or 60 inches). The normal pace length decreases with age and some health conditions. [1]

  9. Shanti Mantras - Wikipedia

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    Shanti Mantras always end with the sacred syllable om (auṃ) and three utterances of the word "shanti", which means "peace". The reason for the three utterances is regarded to be for the removal of obstacles in the following three realms: