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Definition of A Kempis
1. Noun. German ecclesiastic (1380-1471).
Lexicographical Neighbors of A Kempis
Literary usage of A Kempis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"1887; LA Wheatley. Story of the Imitation of Christ, ib. 1891; Roring, Thomas a
Kempis, Zijne voorgangers en siine ..."
2. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1858)
"No one who knows practically the value of books of devotion, can fail to have a
high regard for the celebrated ' Imitation of Christ? by Thomas a Kempis. ..."
3. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"BY THOMAS a Kempis. [THOMAS a Kempis, the famous ecclesiastic and author, was so
called from the town of Kempen, near Cologne, where he was born about 1380. ..."
4. Varia: Readings from Rare Books by James Hain Friswell (1866)
"... a Kempis AND THE IMITATIO CHRISTI. HEN one is perfectly aware that, of all
popular books, popular in the best sense, and widely spread in the fullest, ..."
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