manus

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In front of Canda’s grandeur, the cellist Robert Burkhart played Caroline Shaw’s flowing “in manus tuas” while the dancer Selina Hack artfully writhed.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2020

The exhibition, which often influences the fashions worn by the rich and famous who attend the gala, is titled, "manus x machina: fashion in an age of technology."

From US News • Oct. 13, 2015

“In manus tuas, Domine!” he said, crossing himself as he passed over the threshold.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Sit tibi, Joannes, tibi sit, Jacobe, quod optas; Sit tibi dextra manus; sit tibi laeva manus.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Et quod Thomas de Donne filius predicte Alicie est eius heres propinquior et plene etatis, ideo preceptum seisire dictam terram in manus domini et respondere de exitu quali etc.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul