sic transit gloria mundi

[ seek trahn-sit gloh-ri-ah moon-dee; English sik tran-sit glawr-ee-uh muhn-dahy, -dee, glohr-, -zit ]

Latin.

1. thus passes away the glory of this world.

sic transit gloria mundi

/ ˈsɪk ˈtrænsɪt ˈɡlɔːrɪˌɑː ˈmʊndiː /

(no translation)

1. thus passes the glory of the world

Sic transit gloria mundi

1. Latin for “Thus passes away the glory of the world”; worldly things do not last.

Idioms and Phrases

Nothing on earth is permanent, as in His first three novels were bestsellers and now he can't even find an agent—sic transit gloria mundi . This expression, Latin for “Thus passes the glory of the world,” has been used in English since about 1600, and is familiar enough so that it is sometimes abbreviated to sic transit .

Example Sentences

“Sic transit gloria mundi” came last, and left an ineffaceable impression.

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St. Peters church now stands alone, embalmed as in amber, preaching the sobering lesson, Sic transit gloria mundi.

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I can recall no spot of which so poignantly and so pregnantly may be said, "Sic transit gloria mundi."

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Sic transit gloria mundi, if based on mere ostentation and vain pride.

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"Sic transit gloria mundi" might have been written on its tomb.

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