imitatio Dei

English

Noun

imitatio Dei (uncountable)

1. The practice or virtue of acting in the ways of God.
   • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1020:

     The Exodus version of the 4th commandment explains Shabbat in terms of what scholars of religion call imitatio dei (i.e., as God rested on the seventh day, so should you).