Salus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Salus
From the Latin word salūs health
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The church houses the Salus Populi Romani, a Byzantine icon of the Virgin believed to have been made by St Luke the Evangelist and used by Jesuit orders all over the world.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
“It’s a very odd transition, especially because I don’t know if the world was ready for the prominence of crypto,” Salus said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2022
Salus populi suprema lex, he reminds us: public health must be the highest law.
From Nature ● Oct. 14, 2019
Surely it's time to apply the motto of the French Commitees of Public Safety at the time of the French Revolution "Salus populi suprema lex"?
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2016
Bismarck laid down the essence of statesmanship in the maxim "Salus Publica Suprema Lex," and defined in his memoirs the binding power of treaties of alliance by the phrase "Ultra posse nemo obligatur."
From New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
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