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Opus Dei

Opus Dei comes from Latin opus deī.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEopus deīliterally ‘work of god’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Opus Dei

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEopus deīliterally ‘work of god’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Opus Dei

Earliest quotation: 2025, Chicagoan pope not afraid of speaking truth to power in US: “Prevost moved up the ranks of the local church…”

Every English word from Latin opus deī

Today it means

name The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic organization composed of a prelate, secular clergy and lay people, whose mission is to spread the Catholic teaching that everyone is called to become a saint; its lay members, men and women, engage in the affairs of the world and seek to direct them "according to God's will".

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