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Annus

Annus

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A family name common in Estonia
  • proper noun
: Annus
  • Many notable scholars in Estonia bear the last name Annus, contributing to various fields.
  • Centesimus Annus

Examples

  • In his research, he discovered that the Annus family has a long lineage in the region.

  • When John Paul II published Centesimus Annus, he was also speaking directly to America, with its own welfare state crisis.

    Blog text (28)
  • Centesimus Annus did not modify this teaching.

    Academic text (2010)
  • At the same time, Centesimus Annus reflects the pope's awareness of the place of official teaching in the conversation within the church about social justice.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Pope John Paul II, in his recent encyclical Centesimus Annus, embraced market capitalism.

    Academic text (1992)
  • But in Centesimus Annus, with Communism largely defeated, he focused his attention on the dominant ideology.

    Academic text (2010)
  • John Paul II's Centesimus Annus offers rich insights into the Vatican's understanding of the official tradition and its place in the larger conversation.

    Academic text (1992)
  • This false hope is what Pope John Paul II was getting at in his 1991 encyclical Centesimus Annus.

    Blog text (28)
  • John Paul II wrote in Centesimus Annus that the foundation of CST is a theological anthropology that views the human person in relation to the mystery of God as well as to the person's rightful place in the order of creation.

    Academic text (2008)
  • As John Paul II had earlier argued in Centesimus Annus, the depth of conversion necessary to address the pressing ecological crisis demands appreciation not only for the earth as a gift from God, which must be used "with respect for the original good purpose for which it was given," but also for human persons as a divine gift, endowed with a "natural and moral structure" that likewise must be respected.

    Academic text (2010)

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Annus is an Estonian family name. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the Latin word annus meaning 'year', the same root in annual and anniversary, so you can link the name to the idea of a 'year'.