salus populi suprema lex esto
[sah-loo s paw-poo-lee soo-prey-mah leks es-toh; English sey-luh s pop-yuh-lahy-soo-pree-muh leks es-toh]
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Latin.
let the welfare of the people be the supreme law: a motto of Missouri.
vox populi
[voks pop-yuh-lahy]
noun
Origin of vox populi
From the Latin word vōx populī
vox populi, vox Dei
[wohks poh-poo-lee wohks de-ee; English voks pop-yuh-lahy voks dee-ahy, dey-ee]
Latin.
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The chorus represent the populi of Heaven, and voice the sentiments of the many.
Vondel's LuciferJoost van den Vondel
Salus populi suprema lex; and to it all international 'law' so called must bend.
Why We Are At War (2nd Edition, revised)Members of the Oxford Faculty of Modern History
A side rubrical note, referring to the parts assigned to the populus or people, says, "Populi vox est et cantorum."
Utinam Deus redimat nostro sanguino salutem Christiani populi.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2J. H. Merle D'Aubign
Divinum judicium, populi suffragium, co-episcoporum consensus.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume VJ. H. Merle d'Aubigné
vox populi
noun
Word Origin for vox populi
Latin
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