What Is Vade Mecum the Order?

Brush Up on Your Latin With Vade Mecum
Vade mecum is Latin for go with me (it derives from the Latin verb vadere, meaning "to go.") In English, "vade mecum" has been used (since at least 1629) of manuals or guidebooks sufficiently compact to be carried in a deep pocket.

What is a Vade Mecum used for?

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A handbook or guide that is kept constantly at hand for consultation. The phrase is Latin and means 'go with me'; it is first used (in the early 17th century) as the title of a book. From: vade mecum in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable » Subjects: Literature — Bibliography.

What is Vade Mecum book?

Vade Mecum: (n.) a needed thing carried around everywhere; a useful handbook or guidebook always kept on one's person; lit. “

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