Word: diaboli
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...wish to imply any criticism of the gentlemen who, as victims of the said competition, have been drafted to their ridiculous duty. Their services need only have been impressed for the bedevilment of Harvard cheering, and they are assuming that implied obligation seriously--or is it ironically. The "avocatus Diaboli," I am aware, contends that a lack of "devil" in the stands is reflected on the field. This, as everybody else perfectly well knows, is rubbish. I have often been told by football friends that they did not even hear the cheering during a game much less care whether there...
...advocatus diaboli (devil's advocate) appears to point out the weaknesses of the case, which must be proved in each of the three particulars, when a decree de tuto is issued. All is then ready for the ceremony of beatification-raising the candidate from the rank of Venerable to Blessed, a step to canonization. This last always takes place in the basilica of St. Peter's and is one of the most important ecclesiastical functions of the Pope...
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