Clavis

Confixa clavis viscera tendens manus, vestigia, redemptionis gratia hic immolata est hostia. ❋ Bls (2008)

After his election Gregory X set out some hard-line regulations for future elections: his 1274 constitution Ubi periculum contains the first use of the word conclave—from the Latin cum clavis, “with a key.” ❋ John Dickie (2008)

Mater sanitatis, clavis coelorum, ala animae quae leves pennas producat, ut in sublime ferat; currus spiritus sancti, vexilium fidei, porta paradisi, vita angelorum, &c. ❋ Unknown (2007)

COOPER: They'll go into what's called the conclave, from the Latin cum clavis (ph), with key. ❋ Unknown (2005)

-- Native to the Molucca Islands, and so called from resemblance to a nail (_clavis_). ❋ Mrs. F.L. Gillette (N/A)

Subclavian Vein (Lat. _sub_, under, and _clavis_, a key). ❋ Albert F. Blaisdell (N/A)

"Si clavem potestatis non præcedat clavis discretionis." ❋ Various (N/A)

[_Clavy_ was probably given to that piece of wood or other material laid over the front of the fireplace, because in many houses the keys are often hung on nails or pins driven into it; hence from _clavis_ (Latin) _a key_, comes _clavy_, the place where the keys are hung.] ❋ James Jennings (N/A)

The metrical clavis scans all the difficult lines contained in the book, and the general index clearly and briefly elucidates all the references which the poem contains to men, incidents, and localities. ❋ Various (N/A)

Etymologically the word indicates a self-closing vessel ([Greek: autos], self, and _clavis_, key, or _clavus_, nail), in which the tightness of the joints is maintained by the internal pressure, but this characteristic is frequently wanting in the actual apparatus to which the name is applied. ❋ Various (N/A)

He had the wondrous clavis which unlocked the profound philosophical science embedded ages ago in the VEDAS. ❋ Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 (1935)

The various powers thus conferred upon the Church were held to belong either to the clavis potentioe or to the clavis scientioe, the latter of these two being understood to signify the power to teach, while the other departments of authority pertained to the clavis potentioe. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

This distinction of the clavis potentioe and clavis scientioe recurs frequently in the medieval writers, though without reference to St. Paul. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The distinction between the clavis potentioe and the clavis scientioe was employed here. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

They contended that the popes held a clavis scientioe and a clavis potentioe; and that, though in the case of the clavis potentioe a decision arrived at might be reversed be a subsequent act, no reversal was possible where the clavis scientioe had been employed. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

By the clavis scientioe was understood the priestly authority to interrogate the penitent and thus obtain cognizance of the facts of the case; by the clavis potentioe, the authority to grant or refuse absolution. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

For example, Robert Hesyl, a country rector, bequeathed the sum of 6s. 8d. "ad intitulandum nomina librorum in libraria collegii Lincoln: contentorum, supra dorsa eorum coöperienda cornu et clavis." ❋ Unknown (1911)

Quid enim prodest clavis aurea, si aperire quod volumus non potest? ❋ James Stalker (1887)

[Oh yeah], did you [listen] to con clavi con dio [yet]? ❋ Ghost B.c (2023)