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Domino Vobiscom. What does it mean? -Scott rough_collie@dog.com
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Dominus vobiscumThe Lord be with you ![](/board/images/icons/smile.gif)
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Scott, Marianna is entirely correct, but you may be mystified how you get that out of two words. This is a contracted expression; in full, it would be, "Dominus sit cum vobis" = (the) Lord be with you (plural). There are no articles, either definite or indefinite, in Latin, so "the" is always understood and has to be added in translation to English.
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Dominus vobiscum (God be with you) was the greeting when Sister met Sister or Student in my convent school. Those were the pre-Vatican II days when Latin was more generally in use by RC clergy. The reply was/is Et cum spiritu tuo -- if my spelling is correct. It means : And with your spirit (with you) wow
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Sister's use of Latin I hope that the good sisters did not say "Dominus vobiscum" to a single Sister or student. As I noted to Scott, "vobis" is plural. To one person, you would say "Dominus tecum."
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In those long ago days "Sisters" always travelled in pairs! wow
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Dominus sit cum vobis
Not so much a contraction; Bobyb's offering would be a more modern construction (relatively speaking). The tecum or vobiscum was an older construction from the days when the lexeme cum was a postposition (as opposed to preposition). It was retained as a fossil in a few constructions of which this is one.
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In those long ago days "Sisters" always travelled in pairs!And one nun was with the other nun so that each nun could see that the other nun didn't get nun ... ![](/board/images/icons/wink.gif)
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A perfect example of why Sisters did not refer to themselves as nuns and didn't particularly like being called nuns. ![](/board/images/icons/shocked.gif) But if someone did ... well you were immediately forgiven. ![](/board/images/icons/smile.gif) wow
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