Dieu et mon droit

American  

[dyœ ey mawn drwa] / ˈdyœ eɪ mɔ̃ ˈdrwa /

French.

1. God and my right: motto on the royal arms of England.

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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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Example Sentences

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 Gonzales, Don Manoel

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 Bell, George

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 MacSwiney, Terence J. (Terence Joseph)

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 Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Dieu et mon droit, Richard I. Honi soit qui mal y pense, Edward III.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham