Glossary
The binding form of a vow, distinguished from the concrete matter pledged in the vow itself.
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formal compact
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...sacrifice the matter the matter of the pledge and then the formal compact there you are yes amen amen amen amen amen amen no..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...sacrifice the matter the matter of the pledge and then the formal compact there you are yes amen amen amen amen amen amen no..."
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The Dante passage distinguishes between the matter of a vow and its formal compact, and it warns that some vowed matter has so much weight that no substitute can balance it out.
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"...sacrifice the matter the matter of the pledge and then the formal compact there you are yes amen amen amen amen amen amen no..."
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"...lot more about, you know, energy harvesting and, you know, the compact contracts. Between the elite and these demons than I do. So I..."
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"...one generation. They don't have any children. Okay? So there's this compact among the nations of Italy not to marry into Rome. So Romans..."
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"...them. Okay? So I have to make this story shorter. More compact. So that's easier to read. The house filled with strawberries and the..."
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