fiat lux

American

[fee-aht looks, fee-aht luhks, fahy-uht] / ˈfi ɑt ˈlʊks, ˈfi ɑt ˈlʌks, ˈfaɪ ət /

Latin.

let there be light.

Example Sentences

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"Glittering generality" or not, the voice which proclaimed that the birthright of equality belonged to all mankind was the fiat lux of the new-born political universe.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 by Various

Mr. Reid cries fiat lux, and carries the proclamation into effect, like the impatient gentleman who broke the windows which were obscured by the too frequent repetition of that motto burnt in on every pane.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various

That chaos, the human heart, hears the fiat lux!

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

The reasons which she gave made no impression on me; I did not even understand them: the moment of the fiat lux was not yet come.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

The mystic word that from afar God spake and made you rose and star, The fiat lux that bade you shine.

From The Worshipper of the Image by Le Gallienne, Richard

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