Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italiano term or phrase:
Solevano fare voti e disponevano per testamento delle somme a favore di patroni
Inglese translation:
hey used to take vows and provide through wills money in favor of patron saints
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Michele Fauble
Sep 9, 2004 09:35
19 yrs ago
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Solevano fare voti e disponevano per testamento delle somme a favore di patroni
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From a religious/historical pamphlet. Any ideas as to what the phrase means? Thanks.
Proposed translations
(Inglese)
| 5 +4 | they used to take vows and provide through wills money in favor of patron saints |
Michele Fauble
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| 5 | they used to make offerings and leave money in their wills for their patron saints |
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Michele Fauble
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Stati Uniti
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Stati Uniti
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Native in: Inglese
Works in: Da Norvegese a Inglese, Da Svedese a Inglese
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they used to take vows and provide through wills money in favor of patron saints
literal translation
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Note added at 12 mins (2004-09-09 09:47:53 GMT)
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or disponevano = had at their disposal
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Note added at 12 mins (2004-09-09 09:47:53 GMT)
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or disponevano = had at their disposal
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Comment: "Great, thank you. Charles"
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they used to make offerings and leave money in their wills for their patron saints
To some extent it depends on who was doing this, but ordinary people would make offerings. Depending on the target reader you could use either the above or
'..offerings and bequeath money for their patron saints'.
It's a rather strange wording as it would usually be for prayers/masses to be offered to the saint or to maintain the saint's chapel/statue
'..offerings and bequeath money for their patron saints'.
It's a rather strange wording as it would usually be for prayers/masses to be offered to the saint or to maintain the saint's chapel/statue
Peer comment(s):
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Vittorio Felaco
: What about the "voti"?
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this can ( and in my view does in this context) mean "offerings" - see eg Collins Sansoni dictionary
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