Thus passes worldly glory (the glory of the world). Meaning, origin, examples of the use of phraseological units

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This is how the glory of the world passes (glory of the world)

Thomas a Kempis

Phraseologism: Thus passes worldly glory (the glory of the world).

Meaning: About the fragility of power, recognition.

Origin: From Latin: Sic transit gloria mundi. A phrase from the rite of enthronement (elevation to the dignity) of the Pope. Around 1409, a custom was introduced into this rite: at the moment the solemn procession of the highest church hierarchs of the Roman Catholic Church entered St. Peter's Cathedral, where the enthronement took place, a bundle of tow was burned on a staff three times before the future Pope and they said at the same time: "Holy father! Thus passes worldly glory." But this phrase became popular thanks to the book "The Imitation of Christ" (1427) by the medieval theologian Thomas of Kempis (1379-1471). There is an expression: "Oh, how quickly the glory of the world passes!" Since 1616, the book has gone through more than two thousand editions in different languages, which greatly contributed to the popularity of this expression among many peoples.

Random phraseology:

And yet, he will reach certain degrees.

Meaning:

About those who please in front of someone.

Origin:

Quote from A. S. Griboyedov's comedy "Woe from Wit" (1824), d. 1, yavl. 7, the words of Chatsky: "But by the way, he will reach the known degrees, / After all, now they love the dumb." An expression close to this in the poem by I. I. Dmitriev "Fashionable Wife" (1792): "He crawled, but crawled, and beat with his forehead // And, finally, with such an innocent craft - // Crawled to the degree of a known person."

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