"E pluribus unum (/\u02C8i\u02D0 \u02C8pl\u028A\u0259r\u0268b\u0259s \u02C8u\u02D0n\u0259m/; Latin: [\u02C8e\u02D0 \u02C8plu\u02D0r\u026Ab\u028As \u02C8u\u02D0n\u028A\u0303])\u2014Latin for \"Out of many, one\" (alternatively translated as \"One out of many\" or \"One from many\")\u2014is a phrase on the Seal of the United States, along with Annuit c\u0153ptis (Latin for \"He/she/it approves (has approved) of the undertakings\") and Novus ordo seclorum (Latin for \"New Order of the Ages\"), and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782.Never codified by law, E Pluribus Unum was considered a de facto motto of the United States until 1956 when the United States Congress passed an act (H. "@en . . .