Pax (liturgy) of the use of ""pax"". In Christian epigraphy, there are a variety of formulae: ""pax""; ""in pace""; ""pax tecum""; ""vivas in pace""; ""requiescat in pace""; ""pax Christi tecum sit""; ""anima dulcissima requiescas in pace""; ""dormit in pace""; and ""in locum refrigerii, lucis et pacis"" (from the formula of the Mass at the Momento of the Dead). For the formula Pax and other formulas in funeral epigraphy: Pax (liturgy) In Christian liturgy, "the Pax" is an abbreviation of the Latin salutations ""pax vobis"" ("peace to you") or ""pax vobiscum"" ("peace with you"), which are used in the Catholic Mass and Lutheran
Sambo (racial term) language sources. "Webster's Third International Dictionary" holds that it may have come from the Kongo word "nzambu" (monkey). Note that the "z" of (Latin American) Spanish is pronounced like the English "s" rather than as the "z" in the word "nzambu". The Royal Spanish Academy gives the origin from a Latin word, possibly the adjective "valgus" or another modern Spanish term ("patizambo"), both of which translate to "bow-legged". The equivalent term in Portuguese-speaking areas, such as Brazil, is "cafuzo". Examples of "Sambo" as a common name can be found as far back as the 19th century. In Thackeray's novel "Vanity