Crossword-Solution: CLAVES
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Claves | pl. | of Clavis |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| CLAVES | anagram | CALVES, SCLAVE |
We have 3 clues for the answer “CLAVES”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Percussion sticks | 1 answer |
| Percussion sticks that accompany dancing | 1 answer |
| Percussionist's wooden sticks | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
AMZCEE
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with CLAVES (5)
Leafy branches are twined round two hoops, one of which rests on the shoulders of the wearer, the other encircles his claves; holes are made for his eyes and mouth; and a large nosegay crowns the whole.
Sed Hiempsal in oppido Thirmida forte ejus domo utebatur, qui proximus lictor[70] Jugurthae carus acceptusque ei semper fuerat; quem ille casu ministrum oblatum promissis onerat impellitque, uti tamquam suam visens domum eat, portarum claves adulterinas[71] paret (nam verae ad Hiempsalem referebantur); ceterum, ubi res postularet, se ipsum cum magna manu venturum.
Dicunt quod habent claves coeli et inferni et possunt excommunicare et benedicere ligare et solvere in voluntatem eorum; in tantum quod pro bussello vel 12 denariis volunt vendere benedictionem coeli per chartam et clausulam de warrantiâ sigillitâ sigillo communi.
The chronicler Burchardus relates: "In those days the following couplet was sung in nearly the whole Christian world: "Vendit Alexander claves, Altaria, Christum, Emerat ista prius, vendere juste potest." The meaning of this satire is: Alexander sells the power of the keys of heaven, the right to officiate at the altar, yea, Christ Himself; he had first bought these things himself, therefore he has a right to sell them again.
These instruments all descended from the ancient lyre, the only difference being that instead of causing the strings to vibrate by means of a plectrum held in the hand, the plectrum was set in motion by the mechanism of the _claves_ or keys.
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Appears in: Newsday, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1996–2020).