·pl of Passus.
II. Passus ·noun A division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman. ·see 2d Fit.
passus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of 2. pando. ...
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passus (1) adj.P. of pando, outspread, outstretched, extended, open : passis manibus implorare, Cs...
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