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Please choose the one you like best, this crucible has more than one meaning.
1.A vessel made of a refractory substance such as graphite or porcelain, used for melting and calcining materials at high temperatures.
2.A severe test, as of patience or belief; a trial. See Synonyms at trial.
3.A place, time, or situation characterized by the confluence of powerful intellectual, social, economic, or political forces: "Macroeconomics . . . was cast in the crucible of the Depression" (Peter Passell).
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"There are Latin words crassipulum and crassipularium, which are pots for holding grease or oil for use with lamps. "
That's gotta be it!
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I thought maybe the just-plain-folks heard Latin, including words meaning "cross," all their lives in church. Maybe they didn't all hear "Dominick: go frisk 'em," instead of dominus vobiscum, and were able to make some sense of it.
Weren't "The Four Elements" a doo-wop group from Philadelphia? Or was it Tobolsk?
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I don't think anybody who didn't know Latin made any sense of any of the individual sounds that came from the priests lips. It was all just ritual that they were comfortable with and they trusted the priest who told them what to do when they confessed so they would be all clean again.
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