Gerbert is an English word with synonyms like pope or pontiff. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Gerbert in a sentence
Gerbert meaning
A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Gerbert of Aurillac
Synonyms of Gerbert
Using Gerbert
- The main meaning on this page is: A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Gerbert of Aurillac
- Useful related words include: sylvester ii, pope, catholic pope, roman catholic pope.
Context around Gerbert
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gerbert
- In this selection, "gerbert" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, suspended, legacy, martin, fled, road and followed stand out and add context to how "gerbert" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 35 legacy gerbert of aurillac and another of gerbert s last. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gerbert" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gerbert
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Kosztolnyik, 35. Legacy Gerbert of Aurillac was a humanist long before the Renaissance. (13 words)
Erbert and Gerbert’s is a classic that I’m always in the mood for. (15 words)
This armillary sphere was also described by Gerbert in a letter to his colleague Constantine. (15 words)
Gerbert fled, pursued by the victim, who could trace the thief by the stars, but Gerbert was aware of the pursuit, and hid hanging from a wooden bridge, where, suspended between heaven and earth, he was invisible to the magician. (40 words)
Richer wrote about another of Gerbert's last armillary spheres, which had sighting tubes fixed on the axis of the hollow sphere that could observe the constellations, the forms of which he hung on iron and copper wires. (38 words)
According to dispatchers with the Columbus Division of Police, officers were dispatched to the intersection of Gerbert Road and East Hudson Street in the Linden area around 1:18am Saturday on the report of a pedestrian struck. (37 words)
Example sentences (14)
Gerbert fled, pursued by the victim, who could trace the thief by the stars, but Gerbert was aware of the pursuit, and hid hanging from a wooden bridge, where, suspended between heaven and earth, he was invisible to the magician.
There was so much opposition to Gerbert's elevation to the See of Rheims, however, that Pope John XV (985–996) sent a legate to France who temporarily suspended Gerbert from his episcopal office.
Erbert and Gerbert’s is a classic that I’m always in the mood for.
According to dispatchers with the Columbus Division of Police, officers were dispatched to the intersection of Gerbert Road and East Hudson Street in the Linden area around 1:18am Saturday on the report of a pedestrian struck.
By this account, the polar circle on Gerbert's sphere was located at 54 degrees, several degrees off from the actual 66° 33'.
Darlington notes that Gerbert's preservation of his letters might have been an effort of his to compile them into a textbook for his pupils that would illustrate proper letter writing.
Due to Gerbert's reintroduction, the abacus became widely used in Europe once again during the 11th century.
Gerbert followed this work with a three volume work Scriptores ecclesiastici de musica sacra containing significant writings on sacred music from the 3rd century onwards in 1784.
Given this account, historian Oscar G. Darlington asserts that Gerbert's division by 60 degrees instead of 360 allowed the lateral lines of his sphere to equal to six degrees.
Kosztolnyik, 35. Legacy Gerbert of Aurillac was a humanist long before the Renaissance.
Martin Gerbert published a two volume history of sacred music titled De cantu de musica sacra in 1774.
Richer also revealed how Gerbert made the planets more easily observable in his armillary sphere: He succeeded equally in showing the paths of the planets when they come near or withdraw from the earth.
Richer wrote about another of Gerbert's last armillary spheres, which had sighting tubes fixed on the axis of the hollow sphere that could observe the constellations, the forms of which he hung on iron and copper wires.
This armillary sphere was also described by Gerbert in a letter to his colleague Constantine.