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   modus vivendi

   /ˌməʊdəs vɪˈvɛndiː/

   noun

   • 1. an arrangement or agreement allowing conflicting parties to coexist peacefully, either indefinitely or until a final settlement is reached: "the two states have with difficulty reached a modus vivendi, though hardly friendship"
   • ▪ a way of living: "the Christian faith and its implications for a modus vivendi"

   Word Origin Latin, literally ‘way of living’.

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2. link.springer.com › chapter › 10Introduction | SpringerLink

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   8 hours ago · The vacuum cleaner demands a vacuumer as an electric stove demands a cook—just to discharge the obligations these machines have created. In this sense the appliance calls the housewife into being and determines her modus vivendi, her daily life governed by her own mod cons.

3. sv.wikipedia.org › wiki › Leo_XIIILeo XIII – Wikipedia

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   8 hours ago · Leo XIII avbildad på reklam för Vin Mariani. Leo XIII, född Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci 2 mars 1810 i Carpineto söder om Rom, död 20 juli 1903 i Rom, var påve från och med 20 februari 1878. Kardinal 1853. Pecci utsågs till kardinalpräst av San Crisogono i december 1853. Han var camerlengo 1877-1878.