A.M.D.G.
abbreviation
for the greater glory of God: motto of the Jesuits.
A.M.D.G.
American
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AMDG
abbreviation
AMDG
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of A.M.D.G.
From Latin ad majōrem Deī glōriam
Example Sentences
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He had grounded his attack upon the letters A.M.D.G., which he had seen outside a Roman Catholic chapel, and which of course stood for Ad Mariam Dei Genetricem.
From The Way of All Flesh by Butler, Samuel
From force of habit he had written at the top of the first page the initial letters of the jesuit motto: A.M.D.G.
From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James
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