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Deo gratias

American  
[dey-oh grah-tsee-ahs] / ˈdeɪ oʊ ˈgrɑ tsiˌɑs /
Latin.
  1. thanks to God.


Deo gratias British  
/ ˈdeɪəʊ ˈɡrɑːtɪəs /
  1.  DG.  thanks be to God

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So that you are to neglect this right, and only say, Deo gratias, for this am I called that I should endure injustice; for what should I complain of when my master did not complain?

From The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained by Gillett, E. H. (Ezra Hall)

Benedicamus Domino, Deo gratias; Benedicat et custodiat nos omnipotens.

From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.

She had come to announce Don Giuseppe Costabarbieri, whose hollow but jolly voice was just then heard in the hall, saying heartily, "Deo gratias."

From The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico by Fogazzaro, Antonio

Deo gratias, every act meant in kindness that I have ever done, in the vision had become a flower, giving out an incense ineffable.

From The Comstock Club by Goodwin, Charles Carroll

Now, Deo gratias, it will be my own fault if Magnum Bonum is not worked out to the utmost; yes, much better than if we had never gone to America.

From Magnum Bonum by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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