in hoc signo vinces

US:USA pronunciation: respelling(in hōk′ sig′nō wing′kās; Eng. in hok′ sig′nō vin′sēz)



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in hoc sig•no vin•ces  (in hōk′ sig′nō wing′kās; Eng. in hok′ sig′nō vin′sēz),USA pronunciation [Latin.]
  1. in this sign shalt thou conquer: motto used by Constantine the Great, from his vision, before battle, of a cross bearing these words.

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