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semper_eadem

semper eadem

Latin

Phrase

semper eadem

  1. "Ever the same", or "always the same"

Usage notes

  • A phrase used by Queen Anne Boleyn and, later, by her daughter, Queen Elizabeth I
  • The motto used by Queen Anne
  • The motto of the City of Leicester, England
  • The motto of Prince George's County, Maryland
  • The motto of Somerset County, Maryland
  • The motto of Trinity College, University of Cambridge
  • The motto of Elizabeth College, Guernsey
  • The motto of Ipswich School, Ipswich, England
  • Used on the cap/beret badge of the Cape Town Rifles Infantry Unit, South African Defence Force
  • The motto of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (Penrith)
  • The motto of the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth.
  • Used on the family crest of the Stuart family.
Cap badge of Cape Town Rifles