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Source: Death, Heaven & the Victorians, John Morley
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vale 1 |vāl|
noun
a valley (used in place names or as a poetic term) : the Vale of Glamorgan.
PHRASES
vale of tears poetic/literary the world regarded as a scene of trouble or sorrow.
ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French val, from Latin vallis, valles.
vale 2 |ˈvälā| archaic
exclamation
farewell.
noun
a written or spoken farewell.
ORIGIN Latin, literally ‘be well!, be strong!,’ imperative of valere.