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Opus Operaʹtum

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in theology, means that the act conveys grace irrespectively of the receiver. Thus baptism is said by many to convey regeneration to an infant in arms.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Open, Sesamë
Open the Ball (To)
Ophelia
Opinicus
Opium-eater (The English)
Oppidan of Eton
Optimë (plural, op-ti-mēs)
Optimism
Opus Majus
Opus Operantis
Opus Operatum
Or Ever
Oracle
Oracle
Oracle (Sir)
Oracle of the Church (The)
Oracle of the Holy Bottle, Bacbuc
Oracle of Sieve and Shears (The)
Oracles
Orange Lilies (The)
Orange Lodges

See Also:

Opus Operatum