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nomina sacra

nomina sacra is the plural of nomen sacrum.

Meaning of nomen sacrum

Noun

nomen sacrum (plural nomina sacra)

  1. (historical) An abbreviation of a commonly-occurring holy name or title in early Christian manuscripts, consisting of at least two letters from the full spelling spanned by an overline.

Questions about nomina sacra

What is nomina sacra the plural of?
Nomina sacra is the plural of nomen sacrum.

Words near nomina sacra in the dictionary

  1. nomina instrumenti
  2. nomina loci
  3. nomina locorum
  4. nomina periculosa
  5. nomina relativa
  6. nomina sacra
  7. nomina translata
  8. nomina unitatis
  9. nomina vasis
  10. nomina verbi
  11. nominable

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