principium
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The first act represents the Deity seated upon His throne and speaking as follows: Ego sum Alpha et Omega, principium et finis.
From The Parish Clerk by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
The Apostles' Creed is placed at the beginning of Matins, because Matins is the beginning of the whole Office, and faith is the beginning, the principium of every supernatural work.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
We are not investigating an absolute principium essendi; for then, I admit, many valid objections might be started against our theory; but an absolute principium cognoscendi.
From Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In similar fashion, the Romans said, ab Jove principium.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
He traces back its origin to God himself—ab Jove principium.
From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
Fifty-five years later, Isaac Newton’s great work, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, further reinforced the coherence of the Copernican system, with laws of mechanics and gravity that reinforced the model.
From Forbes ● Sep. 18, 2014
Figures in Roman armor emerged from the barracks, the principia, the armory, and the canteen, but they weren’t human.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
At the crossroads outside the principia, a figure in dark robes stood shackled to the ice.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
At the crossroads, in front of the snow-brick principia, a tall, dark- robed figure stood, bound in icy chains.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
He stood in a theater-sized version of the camp’s headquarters—a principia with walls of ice and freezing mist hanging in the air.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
