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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 E. H. (Ezra Hall) Gillett

Thus did his reflection lead him till the end of the Gospel, and when he said the Deo gratias he had as yet decided nothing.

From The Grip of Desire by Hector France

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 Charlotte Mary Yonge

Romans became the medieval feliciter in Domino, or In Dei nomine feliciter, or the more simple Deo gratias or the still more simple Amen, for the auspicious closing of a deed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

These flattering words were received in the saloon with a murmur of approbation, and the two missionaries, said, from the bottom of their hearts, Deo gratias.

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Évariste Régis Huc

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