Ecclesiastical Latin Pronunciation

Spem

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noun
hope, expectation, ||Spes, goddess of hope, hope personified
Form of spes

This is the Ecclesiastical (Church Latin) pronunciation of Spem, as used in the traditional Catholic Mass, Rosary, and liturgical prayers. Ecclesiastical Latin follows Italian phonetic rules and is the pronunciation taught by the Vatican.

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