SINCE 1828
novus ordo seclorum
Latin phrase
no·vus or·do se·clo·rum
| \ ˌnȯ-wu̇s-ˈȯr-ˌdō-sā-ˈklȯr-u̇m
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Definition of novus ordo seclorum
: a new succession of ages
—motto on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States
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