ad gloriam

American

[ahd gloh-ri-ahm, ad glawr-ee-am, -glohr-] / ɑd ˈgloʊ rɪˌɑm, æd ˈglɔr iˌæm, -ˈgloʊr- /

adverb

Latin.

for glory.

Example Sentences

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O JESUS, vivens in Maria, Veni et vive in famulis Tuis, In spiritu sanctitatis Tuae, In plenitudine virtutis Tuae, In veritate virtutum Tuarum, In perfectione viarum Tuarum, In communione mysteriorum Tuorum; Dominare omni adversae potestati, In Spiritu Tuo, ad gloriam Patris.

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Capitol dome from an entire room dedicated to the silent SF film Metropolis; artifacts and fetishes from The War of the Worlds, Invaders from Mars, The Thing from Another World, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ad infinitum, ad gloriam.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sunt autem quinque effectus gratiae in nobis, quorum primus est ut anima sanetur; secundus ut bonum velit; tertius est ut bonum quod vult efficaciter operetur; quartus est ut in bono perseveret; quintus est ut ad gloriam perveniat.

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Veteres Scholastici de causa praedestinationis omnino considerate et ad gratiam et ad gloriam praecipue agebant.

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Ergo prius vult gloriam quam merita, et consequenter electio ad gloriam non potest esse ex praevisione meritorum.”622.Cfr.

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