Nec pluribus impar (literally: `Not unequal to many`) is a Latin motto adopted by Louis XIV of France from 1658. It was often inscribed together with the symbol of the `Sun King`: a head within rays of sunlight. ==Meaning== While the motto relates to the allegory of the `Sun King`, its precise meaning is obscure. Philip F. Riley calls it `a...
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nec pluribus impar Not unequal to most. This motto, also interpreted to mean 'a match for anyone', is attributed to Louis XIV of France, who used the sun as his emblem and was known as Le Roi Soleil, 'the sun king'. This is an example of a litotes, a deliberate understatement in which an affirmative thought is expressed by stating the negative of...
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