principium

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Præter harpam aliud instrumenti genus sibi peculiare Norwallenses vindicant, quod Crwth vocant—Hinc verbum Anglicum Crowdero apud Hudibrastum pro Fiddler, or Player upon the Violin, ad quod Crwth principium dedisse videtur. 

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan

Whoever he may be to whom this exposition of the divine nature is made, he reaps its highest reward, the emanatory principium itself operating to the highest end of the transmigrating souls.

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava

Aiunt h�retici temporis nostri quod duo sunt principia rerum, principium lucis et principium tenebrarum, &c.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

Id principium apud nos artis, qua hodie Bohemi excellere putantur.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

Causa efficiens et finis sibi correspondent invicem, quia efficiens est principium motus, finis autem terminus.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter