cedant arma togae

[ key-dahnt -ahr-mah -toh-gahy; English see-dant -ahr-muh -toh-jee ]

/ ˈkeɪ dɑnt ˈɑr mɑ ˈtoʊ gaɪ; English ˈsi dænt ˈɑr mə ˈtoʊ dʒi /

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Latin.

let military power be subject to civil authority: motto of Wyoming.

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Origin of cedant arma togae

Literally, “let arms yield to the toga”

Words nearby cedant arma togae

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How to use cedant arma togae in a sentence

Hitler believed that the possession of the Arma Christi would grant their owner supernatural powers.
Hitler’s Hunt for the Holy Grail and the Ghent Altarpiece|Noah Charney|December 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Arma igitur expediunt, passis velis, instructa acie, directo cursu in nostrum portum inuehuntur.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
War is lawless, as Cicero observed: "Silent leges inter arma."
Reminiscences of a Rebel|Wayland Fuller Dunaway
The maxim, inter arma silent leges, is suspended by the edicts of diplomacy!
Continental Monthly, Vol. I. February, 1862, No. II.|Various

Sed arma sumere non ante cuiquam moris, qum civitas suffecturum probaverit.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
Aperitur ilico telorum occlusa congeries, et sua sibi quisque tacitus arma connectit.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers