under God
Below the Almighty
Under God is a phrase affirming divine authority or oversight, most familiar from the U.S.
Pledge of Allegiance: one nation, under God, indivisible.
The phrase was added to the Pledge in 1954.
More broadly, it places something beneath God's judgment or protection: We are all equal under God.
- pledge of allegianceFormal declaration of devotion
- pledgeBinding promise given
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- one nationUndivided sovereign people
- indivisibleUnable to be divided
for all · nation · liberty · justice · prayer · faith · divine · providence · blessed · sacred · patriotic · founding fathers · republic · devotion · trust · motto · America · American flag
- church-statechurch-state, separation, church-state separation, establishment clause, religious accommodation
- civic observancesnational anthem, moment of silence, flag salute, flag ceremony, Memorial Day
secularism
under Godsecular
Nonreligious, worldly
atheistic · non-theistic · humanist · areligious · nonreligious
under, God, gods, godly, godless, godlike, goddess, godhood, godliness