ad majorem Dei gloriam
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The Reverend Gentleman seems to think that stones are stones and St. Peter's but an organized quarry instead of a crystallization of the human spirit, building ad majorem Dei gloriam.
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Some of the greatest individuals the world has known dedicated their works ad majorem Dei gloriam.
From Time Magazine Archive
The society designated their object by Loyola's motto—Omnia ad majorem Dei gloriam.
From Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy by Delafield, John
His religious frescoes, supposed to be ad majorem Dei gloriam, were really for the greater glory of Goya.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James
In omnibus pr� occulis habendo quod ad majorem Dei gloriam et universale bonum societatis fore judicabitur.—Cap.
From The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion by Dallas, R. C. (Robert Charles)
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