novus ordo seclorum
[ noh-woo s ohr-doh se-kloh-roo m; English noh-vuh s awr-doh se-klawr-uh m, -klohr- ]
/ ˈnoʊ wʊs ˈoʊr doʊ sɛˈkloʊ rʊm; English ˈnoʊ vəs ˈɔr doʊ sɛˈklɔr əm, -ˈkloʊr- /
Latin.
a new order of the ages (is born): motto on the reverse of the great seal of the United States (adapted from Vergil's Eclogues IV:5).
Nearby words
novoshakhtinsk, novosibirsk, novotný, novotný, antonín, novum organum, novus ordo seclorum, now, now account, now and again, now i lay me down to sleep, now or never, it's
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Word Origin and History for novus ordo seclorum
Novus Ordo Seclorum
on the Great Seal of the United States of America, apparently an allusion to line 5 of Virgil's "Eclogue IV," in an 18c. edition: Magnus ab integro seclorum nascitur ordo "The great series of ages begins anew." The seal's designer, Charles Thomson, wrote that the words "signify the beginnings of the New American Era." (see Annuit Coeptis).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper