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fiat lux

American  
[fee-aht looks, fee-aht luhks, fahy-uht] / ˈfi ɑt ˈlʊks, ˈfi ɑt ˈlʌks, ˈfaɪ ət /
Latin.
  1. let there be light.


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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

It sounds through the world like a new fiat lux!

From The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index by Kleiser, Grenville

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

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

"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

A drop of vinegar in a spoonful of flour paste supplies the fiat lux.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

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