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Dieu et mon droit

American  
[dyœ ey mawn drwa] / ˈdjœ eɪ mɔ̃ ˈdrwa /
French.
  1. God and my right: motto on the royal arms of England.


Dieu et mon droit British  
/ djø e mɔ̃ drwa /
  1. God and my right: motto of the Royal Arms of Great Britain

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Suppose their rights had never been violated, he says: "They would have held their heads higher; they would have been proud and dignified, and perhaps might have taken for their motto, Dieu et mon droit."

From Principles of Freedom by Terence J. (Terence Joseph) MacSwiney

Leicestrensis on cachecope bell, 407. —— on churchwarden's accounts of St. Mary-de-Castro, 352. —— on Dieu et mon droit, 407.

From Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 3, January-June, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

You need no words to vindicate you; you are a man, and can bear out all arrogance with the royal motto /Dieu et mon droit/.

From Ernest Maltravers — Volume 07 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

You need no words to vindicate you; you are a man, and can bear out all arrogance with the royal motto Dieu et mon droit.

From Ernest Maltravers — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

Beneath it is the King's arms, with the usual motto, Dieu et mon droit, and under it, Vivat rex.

From London in 1731 by Don Manoel Gonzales

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