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  sic transit gloria mundi

  thus passes away the glory of this world.
• Sic transit gloria mundi
  Sic transit gloria mundi

  Latin for “Thus passes away the glory of the world”; worldly things do not last.

sic transit gloria mundi

American  

[seek trahn-sit gloh-ri-ah moon-dee, sik tran-sit glawr-ee-uh muhn-dahy, -dee, glohr-, -zit] / sik ˈtrɑn sɪt ˈgloʊ rɪˌɑ ˈmʊn di, sɪk ˈtræn sɪt ˈglɔr i ə ˈmʌn daɪ, -di, ˈgloʊr-, -zɪt /

Latin.

1. thus passes away the glory of this world.

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sic transit gloria mundi British  

/ ˈsɪk ˈtrænsɪt ˈɡlɔːrɪˌɑː ˈmʊndiː /

1. thus passes the glory of the world

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Sic transit gloria mundi Cultural  

1. Latin for “Thus passes away the glory of the world”; worldly things do not last.

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sic transit gloria mundi Idioms  

1. Nothing on earth is permanent, as in His first three novels were bestsellers and now he can't even find an agent—sic transit gloria mundi. This expression, Latin for “Thus passes the glory of the world,” has been used in English since about 1600, and is familiar enough so that it is sometimes abbreviated to sic transit.

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Example Sentences

Ordinary suburban backyards and picket fences run along one side of the path; on the other — sic transit gloria mundi.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2012

Before him a master of ceremonies thrice lit wisps of flax, chanting: "Sancte Pater, sic transit gloria mundi."

From Time Magazine Archive

Could any preacher quote a more striking instance of "sic transit gloria mundi"?

From Here, There and Everywhere by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord