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Re: Britten's AMDG
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Richard Pennycuick <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 11 Sep 1999 13:11:06 +1000
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Walter Meyer wrote:

>...beginning to feel like an outsider overhearing an "in" joke.  What is
>A.M.D.G.?

It's short for ad majorem Dei gloriam (to the greater glory of God) which
is the Jesuit motto.

Richard Pennycuick
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