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Italian
Etymology
From Latin Spīritus Sānctus. The /ss/ pronunciation might be a remnant of the original Latin -s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌspi.ri.to ˈsan.to/, (traditional) /ˌspi.ri.to‿sˈsan.to/
- Rhymes: -anto
Proper noun
lo Spirito Santo m
- (Christianity) the Holy Ghost
mid 13th century, Gherardo Patecchio, Splanamento de li proverbi di Salomone [Explanation of Solomon's proverbs], lines 1–2; collected in Roberto Tagliani, editor, compiled by Maria Luisa Meneghetti, Il manoscritto Saibante-Hamilton 390 - Edizione critica, Rome: Salerno Editrice, 2019, →ISBN, page 324:Ê nome del Pare altissemo e del Fig beneeto
e del Spirito Santo, en cui força me meto (northern Italy)- In the name of the highest Father, and of the blessed Son, and of the Holy Ghost in whose power I place my trust
1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XX”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 97–99; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Ciò ch’io dicea di quell’unica sposa
de Spirito Santo e che ti fece
verso me volger per alcuna chiosa- What I said about that sole bride of the Holy Ghost, and that had you speak to me for some explanation
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