St. Thomas Aquinas makes use of the terms sacra and sacramentalia (Summa. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
He called it the Via sacra, and was very fond of it. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides] Reference
Burnet (Telluris theoria sacra, 1681), William Whiston. From Wordnik.com. [COSMIC IMAGES] Reference
Nature's obstacles, spurred on by the auri sacra fames. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country] Reference
Arbor excelsa, digno stipite sacra Christi membra tangere. From Wordnik.com. [The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation] Reference
In full "Quid non mortalia pectora cogis auri sacra fames?". From Wordnik.com. [Notes] Reference
He proposed to turn the Telluris theoria sacra into blank verse. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
The sacra conversazione also suggests our great spiritual potential. From Wordnik.com. [Sacred Conversation] Reference
Abi, nefaste, quam calcus humu sacra est, has not scared away malicious men. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to Dead Authors] Reference
The dead remember the snail's soft tongue creeping down the shadow of the sacra. From Wordnik.com. [Todos Santos y D�a de los muertos] Reference
The auri sacra fames, the accursed craving for gain, was too imperious for that. From Wordnik.com. [West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas] Reference
'At mihi iam parvo caelestia sacra placebant, inque suum furtim Musa trahebat opus. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
Thousands of Americans have come to the Smithsonian's sacra gallery to watch and learn. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2002] Reference
Profana illic omnia, quae apud nos sacra; rursum concessa apud illos, quae nobis incesta. From Wordnik.com. [The Sermons of John Owen] Reference
Hi non conveniunt ut diis more majorum sacra faciant, non ut Jovi primitias offerant, aut. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
This is also insisted on by Blondellus, who thence argues “potestatem plebis circa sacra.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed] Reference
The picture is a version of what art historians call the "sacra conversazione," but no one is schmoozing. From Wordnik.com. [Piero, in Perfect Proportion] Reference
It's recently become acceptable, actually, to say sacra-lij-ous, but sacra-lee-gous has always been preferred. From Wordnik.com. [Villa Incognito]
September 9, 2009 at 5:48 am wel, aktualy eye neeu eye wassent first caws, eat wos sarc…sacra…wos sopos tu bi a juk. From Wordnik.com. [Just doing my part. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Blondellus potestatem plebis circa sacra (de qua tandem integram dissertationem elucubravit) artificiis quibuscunque asserturus. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed] Reference
So when I read Nasr's books in the 90s, I felt that the "scientia sacra" sacred science would allow for an even more comprehensive integration of knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [Jalees Rehman: The Parallel Realities Of Modern Science And Islam] Reference
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