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Dei gratia

American  
[de-ee grah-tee-ah, dee-ahy-grey-shee-uh, de-ee] / ˈdɛ i ˈgrɑ tiˌɑ, ˈdi aɪˈgreɪ ʃi ə, ˈdɛ i /

adverb

Latin.
  1. by the grace of God.


Dei gratia British  
/ ˈdeɪɪ ˈɡrɑːtɪə, ˈdiːɪ ˈɡreɪʃɪə /

adverb

  1. by the grace of God

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If I live twenty-five years more I will, Dei gratia, accomplish a great work for Oxford and for philosophy in England.

From Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College by Thwing, Charles Franklin

There are no other rulers than they: other rule than theirs is but misrule; they who govern verily "Dei gratia" are all princes, yes, or princesses, of peace.

From Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American by Eliot, Charles William

For, Dei gratia, I am the overlord of these parts, Graciosa—a neglected prince who wondered over the frequent absences of his chief counselor and secretly set spies upon him.

From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch

My impious ire against those two had its root in the heart; that heart then I must deaden, and, Dei gratia, I shall.

From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles

"I shall yet be a true hermit, Dei gratia," said he.

From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles

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