VADE MECUM


Meaning of VADE MECUM in English

ˌvādēˈmēkəm, ˌväd- noun

( plural vade mecums )

Etymology: Latin, go with me

1. : a book for ready reference : handbook , manual

his first treatise … became a vade mecum for the local magistrates — V.L.Wilkinson

2. : something regularly carried about by a person

the small wooden bowl, the indispensable vade mecum of all Tartars — William Hazlitt †1893

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