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ave maria
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ave Maria is a popular and much-recorded setting of the Latin text Ave Maria , originally published in 1853 as Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach . The piece consists of a melody by the French Romantic composer Charles Gounod especially ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ave Maria \A"ve Ma*ri"a\, Ave Mary \A"ve Ma"ry\ [From the first words of the Roman Catholic prayer to the Virgin Mary; L. ave hail, Maria Mary.] A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; -- used in the Roman Catholic church. To number ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
modified form of the angelic salutation to the Virgin (Luke i:28) used as a devotional recitation, early 13c., from the opening words ( "Ave [Maria] gratia plena" ).
Usage examples of ave maria.
They all say an Ave Maria before killing you, and they will cross you and themselves before and after slaying you in the most cruel way.
She repeated an Ave Maria in humility and then, asking forgiveness, in accordance to her custom and in obedience to her liege lord, for another day she put her God into a compartment of her mind.
Le perline delle Ave Maria erano perle e gli strass dei Padrenostro erano tutti rivestiti d'argento.
And they know the two laws of the dope business as well as they know the Ave Maria.
Finally, two days later, with the Ave Maria ringing out all over the city, they drove into Rome.
She endeavoured to pray, but her swollen tongue refused its office, and her mind seemed to have gone utterly blank so that she could not recall even the opening words of the Paternoster or Ave Maria.