Synonyms for vade mecum


Grammar : Noun
Spell : vey-dee mee-kuh m, vah-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈveɪ di ˈmi kəm, ˈvɑ-

Top 10 synonyms for vade mecum Other synonyms for the word vade mecum

Définition of vade mecum

Origin :
  • "a manual," 1620s, Latin, literally "go with me."
  • As in book : noun published document
  • As in cane : noun stick to aid walking of disabled
  • As in guide : noun information, instructions
  • As in guidebook : noun handbook
  • As in handbook : noun document giving instruction, information
Example sentences :
  • They are the vade mecum of modern life in all its moods and variations.
  • Extract from : « Jewish Literature and Other Essays » by Gustav Karpeles
  • The pharmacopÅ“ia was neglected, the vade mecum thrust on one side.
  • Extract from : « Lady Eureka, v. 3 (of 3) » by Robert Folkestone Williams
  • This was intended to be a vade mecum to the writer of erotic poetry.
  • Extract from : « Jallu'd-dn Rm » by Frederick Hadland Davis
  • But I presume your outing would justify the title of this Vade Mecum?
  • Extract from : « Mr. Punch On Tour » by Various
  • French , in the first place as a vade mecum for a princely traveller, the unfortunate Duke of Monmouth.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times » by Kathleen Lambley
  • Surely this hand-book of cant had been Philip's 'vade mecum' through his life's pilgrimage.
  • Extract from : « History of the United Netherlands, 1590-1599, Vol. III. Complete » by John Lothrop Motley
  • Forming a guide book & vade mecum for travellers, merchants, and residents in general.
  • Extract from : « Select List of Books ... Relating to the Far East » by Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin
  • It is an excellent book, and ought to be the Vade mecum of every Christian.
  • Extract from : « The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius » by Jean Lvesque de Burigny
  • But it seemes to me that this rolle was a kind of Vade mecum or manuall that the students in that wisdome carryed about with them.
  • Extract from : « Brief Lives (Vol. 1 of 2) » by John Aubrey
  • It is my vade mecum, and I carry it and the Sedan new testament still about with me.
  • Extract from : « Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) » by John Howie
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