Deo gratias

[ dey-oh grah-tsee-ahs ]

/ ˈdeɪ oʊ ˈgrɑ tsiˌɑs /

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Latin.

thanks to God.

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Words nearby Deo gratias

deoch-an-doruis, deodand, deodar, deodorant, deodorize, Deo gratias, deontic, deontological, deontological ethics, deontology, deorbit

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How to use Deo gratias in a sentence

On the other side, it reads “LAUS DEO,” meaning “Praise be to God.”
Weird Washington Monument History|William O’Connor|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
De vno Deo & bonorum retributione docti sunt aliqua, sed qu se ipsi semper ita audiuisse & credidisse profiteantur.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Dignum certe Deo spectaculum fortem virum cum calamitate colluctantem.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
They had certainly not seen this statue, the real inscription on which was Semo sanco deo fidio, and not Simoni deo sancto.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

A small kind, called Deo Korah, is hung up as a household god and worshipped.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies|Robert Gordon Latham
Scimus quia venisti a Deo, magister, nemo enim potest facere qu tu facis, nisi Deus fuerit cum eo.
The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal|Blaise Pascal

British Dictionary definitions for Deo gratias

Deo gratias

/ Latin (ˈdeɪəʊ ˈɡrɑːtɪəs) /

thanks be to GodAbbreviation: DG

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