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The following 8 entries include the term Deus.
deus ex machina
noun: a person or thing (as in fiction or drama) that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty
Deus absconditus
Latin noun phrase: hidden God : God who in his remoteness seems to ignore human suffering
Deus vult
Latin phrase: God wills it —rallying cry of the First Crusade
ditat Deus
Latin phrase: God enriches —motto of Arizona
nobiscum Deus
Latin phrase: God (is) with us compare gott mit uns
quos deus vult perdere prius dementat
Latin phrase: those whom a god wishes to destroy he first drives mad
sicut patribus sit Deus nobis
Latin phrase: may God be to us as to our fathers —motto of Boston
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