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praise be to God: Inscription on the east side at the peak of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.; motto of the Viscount of Arbuthnott and Sydney Grammar School; title of a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier commemorating the passage of the 13th Amendment: lectio brevior potior: The shorter reading is the better: A maxim in text criticism.
For God, country, [and] learning: motto of Scotch College (Melbourne) Deo regi vicino: For God, king and neighbour: motto of Bromsgrove School: Deo vindice: with God as protector / with an avenging God: motto of the defunct Confederate States of America: Deo volente: God willing: This was often used in conjunction with a signature at the end of ...
It is the Latin translation from John 1:36, when St. John the Baptist exclaimes "Ecce Agnus Dei!" ("Behold the Lamb of God!") upon seeing Jesus Christ. alea iacta est: the die has been cast: Said by Julius Caesar (Greek: ἀνερρίφθω κύβος, anerrhíphthō kýbos) upon crossing the Rubicon in 49 BC, according to Suetonius.
Latin Translation Notes I, Vitelli, dei Romani sono belli: Go, O Vitellius, at the war sound of the Roman god: Perfectly correct Latin sentence usually reported as funny by modern Italians because the same exact words, in Italian, mean "Romans' calves are beautiful", which has a ridiculously different meaning. ibidem (ibid.) in the same place
A valediction (derivation from Latin vale dicere, "to say farewell"), [1] parting phrase, or complimentary close in American English, [2] is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message, [3] [4] or a speech made at a farewell.
under the sight of God "from God's point of view or perspective". sub tuum praesidium: Beneath thy compassion: Name of the oldest extant hymn to the Theotokos (Blessed Virgin Mary). Also "under your protection". A popular school motto. Sub umbra floreo: Under the shade I flourish: National Motto of Belize, referring to the shade of the mahogany ...
Mother of God: A name given to describe Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, who is also called the Son of God. mater familias: the mother of the family: The female head of a family. See pater familias. mater lectionis: mother of reading: a consonant used to represent a vowel in writing systems that lack separate vowel characters, such as Hebrew and ...
New Testament Latin words and phrases (19 P) T. Five solae (6 P) V. Vulgate Latin words and phrases (1 C, 29 P) Pages in category "Latin religious words and phrases"