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Opus Dei

Opus Dei proper noun: 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".

Proper noun

Opus Dei

  1. 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".
    • Prevost moved up the ranks of the local church whose bishops were split between leftists, heavily influenced by Latin America's liberation theology, and arch-conservatives with close ties to Opus Dei.2025 May 10, “Chicagoan pope not afraid of speaking truth to power in US”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

Origin of Opus Dei

From Latin opus deī (literally “work of god”).

Questions about Opus Dei

What does Opus Dei mean?
Opus Dei means 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".
What part of speech is Opus Dei?
Opus Dei is a proper noun.

Words near Opus Dei in the dictionary

  1. opuntioid
  2. opuntioids
  3. opus
  4. opus anglicanum
  5. opus caementicium
  6. Opus Dei
  7. opus incertum
  8. opus latericium
  9. opus magnum
  10. opus operantis
  11. opus operatum

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