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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
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Sic transit gloria mundi

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

With Sunday’s season finale, “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi,” the series answers some questions — like what happened to Jackie — offered clues to others — like which additional survivor we’ll likely meet as an adult — and poses a few new ones to be tackled in Season 2.

“Sic transit gloria mundi” — that is one lesson of Bayh’s life and death, as it has been of other formerly famous people.

“I had such an experience of sic transit gloria mundi, of how fleeting fame is,” he said.

Sic transit gloria mundi, though.

Ordinary suburban backyards and picket fences run along one side of the path; on the other — sic transit gloria mundi.

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