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单词 pax mundi
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Pax Mundin.

Brit. /ˌpaks ˈmʊndi/, U.S. /ˈpæks ˈmʊndi/
Forms: also with lower-case initials.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pāx, mundī.
Etymology: < classical Latin pāx peace (see peace n.) + mundī, genitive of mundus world (see mundane adj.).Compare etymological note s.v. pax n.1, but formed here with the genitive of a noun instead of an adjective.
World peace; a state of peace overseen collectively by the nations of the world.
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1892 tr. K. P. Arnoldson (title) Pax mundi [Sw. Är världsfred möjlig?]: a concise account of the progress of the movement for peace by means of arbitration, neutralization, international law and disarmament.
1912 Iowa Recorder 24 Jan. (heading) Pax Mundi. Adam bit into the apple. ‘The first peace dinner,’ he cried.
1916 H. G. Wells What is Coming? i. 26 It has none of the quality of a clean break with the past which the idea of an immediate World State and Pax Mundi involves.
1932 W. Y. Elliott New Brit. Empire viii. 268 The British Crown helps to extend pax Britannica to pax mundi by this restraining effect of imposing unanimous agreement on the members of its Commonwealth.
1992 N.Y. Times 10 Mar. a12/2 Mr. Tsongas says he would pursue a policy..of Pax Mundi, under which collective security would be a matter of equitable risk sharing and burden sharing.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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