Seclorum meaning

The word seclorum does not mean "secular", but is the genitive (possessive) plural form of the word saeculum, meaning (in this context) generation, century, or age. Saeculum did come to mean "age, world" in late, Christian Latin, and "secular" is derived from it, through secularis.

1. What does Novus Ordo Seclorum mean?
2. Is Novus Ordo Seclorum Latin?
3. Who wrote Novus Ordo Seclorum?
4. What does Annuit Cœptis Novus Ordo Seclorum mean?

What does Novus Ordo Seclorum mean?

Latin. a new order of the ages (is born): motto on the reverse of the great seal of the United States (adapted from Vergil's Eclogues IV:5).

Is Novus Ordo Seclorum Latin?

United States of America: "Novus ordo seclorum." Latin phrase means "A new order of the ages (is born)."

Who wrote Novus Ordo Seclorum?

Novus Ordo Seclorum by Forrest McDonald is well described by its subtitle, The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution.

What does Annuit Cœptis Novus Ordo Seclorum mean?

According to Richard S. Patterson and Richardson Dougall, Annuit cœptis (meaning "He favours our undertakings") and the other motto on the reverse of the Great Seal, Novus ordo seclorum (meaning "new order of the ages"), can both be traced to lines by the Roman poet Virgil.