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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the original was</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>MISSI DE CELIS HABEO NOMEN NOMEN
GABRIELIS</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then the translation would be </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I HAVE THE NAME OF GABRIEL SENT FROM
HEAVEN</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Which is also correct
'ecclesiastical' Latin, even if not pure classical. My guess is that the
composer of the rhyming hexameter put the 'is' [which is 2nd declension
ablative plural in any gender] to ryme with the genitive
Gabrielis, which is a 3rd declension name. The classic form [allowing for the
fact that they had no Gabiels around at the time] would be</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DE CELO MISSUS NOMEN GABRIEL
HABEO</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Much less fun!</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>LUDO*</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>*An Easter egg prize awaits the one who can swork
that out. No list member won last year's!</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial></FONT><BR><BR>> Cathedral press officer, the Reverend
Geoff Crago, said: "It is a very<BR>> long time since I did Latin at
school.<BR><BR>> "I can manage Nomen Gabrielis - the name of Gabriel - but
I'm not sure<BR>> about Celis. Even an online Latin dictionary on the web
couldn't help<BR>> me with that word."<BR><BR></P></DIV><!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --></DIV><!-- ygrp-msg --><!-- Sponsor -->
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