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vitus
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Saint Vitus , according to Christian legend, was a Christian saint from Sicily . He died as a martyr during the persecution of Christians by co-ruling Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian in 303. Vitus is counted as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
from Latinized form of Svanto-vit , name of a Slavic god worshiped with ecstatic dances on the Baltic island of Rügen, transferred by Christian missionaries to Saint Vitus . The Italian form of the name is Guido .
Usage examples of vitus.
New Zealand possesses two bats found nowhere else in the world: Norfolk Island, the Viti Archipelago, the Bonin Islands, the Caroline and Marianne Archipelagoes, and Mauritius, all possess their peculiar bats.
The Bear ate a light mealfor himof veal in cream sauce with mushrooms, rösti, a side salad, just a little French bread with un-salted butter, and Camembert, all washed down with a modest liter of Viti, a Merlot of a most agreeable quality from Ticino.
The other half was behind, between the stern and Brisbane, Australia, the port of Mbau, Viti Levu Island of the Fiji group, and other points of call.
In Mbau, Viti Levu Island, a certain well-known character came aboard.
Fellow-passengers on the plane, the old hands on the America-Australia run, had spoken of the Grand Pacific Hotel in Viti Levu as the finest in the Western Pacific, and a very brief acquaintance with it had persuaded me that they were probably right.