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uxor

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noun

  1. (legal terminology) the Latin word for wife
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Cur aliéna placet tibi, quæ tua non placet uxor?
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
“Sacramenta ecclesiæ:— Abluo, fumo, cibo, piget, ordinat, uxor et ungit.”
Andrew LangThe LibraryProject Gutenberg ebook #2018
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Well, in Vincent's Baronage, a book of great authority, speaking of the Protector's wives, are these remarkable words: "Katherina, filia et una Coh. Gul: Fillol de Fillol's hall in Essex, uxor prima; repudiata, quia Pater ejus post nuptias eam cognovit."
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610