quicunque vult
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
36
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The Athanasian Creed.
Example Sentences
- "Robertus Paululus, Presbyter of Amiens, in the Diocess of Rheims, speaking of the Offices recited at the Prime, observes that the Piety of good Christians had thereunto added the Quicunque vult, that the Articles necessary to salvation might never be forgotten any hour of the Day."
- "Nobody can deny that Creed to have been published under the name of Charlemagne: nor, till an earlier work of undoubted authenticity can be produced where the ‘Quicunque vult’ is designated ‘the Faith’ or ‘Creed of S. Athanasius,’ can anybody deny Charlemagne to have been the first in whose writings, or the writing of persons acting under him, it is ascribed—and ascribed falsely—to S. Athanasius, and paraded as a Creed possessing all the authority that would attach justly to his name."
- "Monday Vespers is interrupted first by the materials for Prime, with psalm 117 […] and the Quicunque vult with a selection of antiphons."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
the Quicunque vult (canonical)
Quicumque vult (alternative)