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Language selection wouldn't let me select Latin : (

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[–] boo_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Upvote for Latin, but why is it dative case? I would write it as "urbs et orbis", but I haven't studied a lot of Latin, so I may be missing something :)

[–] manucode 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The actual wording is "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) and it's a specific blessing given out by the pope.

[–] boo_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, that makes sense! I'm not too familiar with Catholicism, thus my ignorance.