"please God" meaning in All languages combined

See please God on Wiktionary

Interjection [English]

Etymology: absolute construction; comparable to the phrase (if) it please God (present subjunctive mood); apt to be reanalyzed by many listeners today as if vocative/direct address (e.g., please God grant, in second person and imperative mood), but absolute and subjunctive in origin. Etymology templates: {{l|en|second person}} second person
  1. If it pleases God; God willing. Wikipedia link: absolute construction, imperative mood Categories (topical): God

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