address in letters by Augustine. In early Christian inscriptions the title ancilla Dei (Latin for "handmaid of God") is often given to a deceased woman. From...
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US Ancilla bit, a bit used in quantum computing Ancilla (gastropod), a genus of olive snails Ancilla Dei, a title given to a deceased woman in early Christian...
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Virgin Mary, where she responds to the angel Gabriel with the words Ecce ancilla Dei ("Behold the handmaid of the Lord," Luke 1:38). An example of humility...
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Probini et Olybrii, 143-146. Claudian, 143-67-70. Anne Kurdok, "Demetrias ancilla dei: Anicia Demetrias and the problem of the missing patron", in Kate Cooper...
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Purgatory. Purg. XXVII, 2–3. Ecce ancilla Dei: "Behold the handmaid of God." (In the original Vulgate: "Ecce ancilla Domini.") Response of the Virgin Mary...
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populam aecclesiae regere nec presbiteros vel clericos, monachos vel ancillas Dei defendere possum. Boniface 1976, pp. 91–94, has a translation of Carloman's...
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reverting to the family. The usufruct might be reserved to a female (ancilla dei) or a male as yet unborn, let alone not yet in Holy Orders, and allowed...
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here in the dative case as svetoj ancili, is a half-loan from Latin: Ancilla Dei, lit. 'handmaid of God', referenced in letters by Augustine and used...
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such in the list below. The two coats of arms in the page from Missa Ecce ancilla Domini refer to the Fernández de Córdoba family. A facsimile of the Chigi...
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sources, the name "Anicia" has been reconstructed (Anne Kurdok, "Demetrias ancilla dei: Anicia Demetrias and the problem of the missing patron", in Kate Cooper...
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