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and daughter are my nephew and niece
In the female branch of this line, myself still a male, my sister’s son and daughter are my nephew and niece ( Ha-yă′-wan-da , and Ka-yă′-wan-da ), each of them calling me uncle ( Hoc-no′-seh ).
— from Ancient Society Or, Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery, through Barbarism to Civilization by Lewis Henry Morgan

and daughter are my nephew and niece
My brother’s son and daughter are my nephew and niece ( Ha-soh′-neh , and Ka-soh′-neh ), each of them calling me aunt ( Ah-ga′-huc ).
— from Ancient Society Or, Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery, through Barbarism to Civilization by Lewis Henry Morgan

Angelus Domini at morning noon and night
To praise the divine goodness for this incomprehensible mystery of the incarnation, Urban II., in the council of Clermont, in 1095, ordered the bell to be rung every day for the triple Angelical Salutation, called Angelus Domini, at morning, noon, and night.
— from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. January, February, March by Alban Butler

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