seclorum

English translation: of the centuries

02:43 Jan 18, 2006
Latin to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Government / Politics / currency
Latin term or phrase: seclorum
word appears on u.s one dollar bill
jaymie
English translation:of the centuries
Explanation:
ad litteram,

yet one can render "novus ordo seclorum" as ""New World Order" or "New Order of the Ages"

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of the centuries


Explanation:
ad litteram,

yet one can render "novus ordo seclorum" as ""New World Order" or "New Order of the Ages"

regards

verbis
Local time: 18:47
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kirill Semenov: http://www.greatseal.com/mottoes/seclorum.html
4 hrs

agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
5 hrs

agree  Can Altinbay: I've seen it interpreted as the former (Don Brown, for example).
11 hrs

agree  Rebecca Garber
12 hrs

agree  Alfa Trans (X)
17 hrs

agree  Joseph Brazauskas
5 days
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