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phrase which means "to the greatest and best god", or "to God, most good, most great". It was originally used as a
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Deo Opt. Max. abbreviation followed by an inscription, on the doorway of the
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as Latin remained the ecclesiastical and scholarly language in the West.
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Its usage while the Roman Empire was a polytheistic state referred to
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as the state religion, the phrase was used in reference to the
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Thus the phrase, or its abbreviation, can be found on many
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The Concise Oxford Definitionary of the Christian Faith
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Deo Optimo Maximo

Castellania
Valletta
Latin
pagan
Jupiter

Fawwara Gate
Gżira
Jupiter
polytheists
monotheism
Christianity
Christian God
Roman Empire
Renaissance
sarcophagi
Italy
Malta
Bénédictine
List of Latin phrases
Takbir
Bejn Kliem u Storja
Malta
ISBN
978-99957-0137-6
OCLC
908059040
the original

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