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Grace

noun

1.

(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence. Synonyms: saving grace, state of grace. "It was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church" , "The Virgin lived in a state of grace"

2.

Elegance and beauty of movement or expression. Synonym: gracility.

3.

A sense of propriety and consideration for others. Synonym: seemliness.

4.

A disposition to kindness and compassion. Synonyms: good will, goodwill.

5.

(Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors.

6.

A short prayer of thanks before a meal. Synonyms: blessing, thanksgiving.

7.

(Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God. Synonyms: free grace, grace of God. "There but for the grace of God go I"

verb

(past & past part. graced; pres. part. gracing)

1.

Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.. Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament. "Beautify yourself for the special day"

2.

Be beautiful to look at. Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish.

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"Grace" Quotes from Famous Books

... This was a German aeroplane of the class called the Taube (dove). These aeroplanes are quite beautiful in design, and fly with amazing rapidity. This one wafted over our hospital with all the grace of a living creature "calm in the consciousness of wings," and then, of course, we let fly at it. From all round us shells were sent up into the vast blue of the sky, and still the grey dove went on in ...

— My War Experiences in Two Continents • Sarah Macnaughtan

... maintained his former station off the coast of Havre de Grace, to observe what should pass at the mouth of the Seine. In the month of July, while he hovered in this neighbourhood, five large flat bottomed boats, laden with cannon and shot, feet sail from Harfleur in the middle of the day, with their colours flying, as if they had set the English squadron ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. - From William and Mary to George II. • Tobias Smollett

... sacred place. The married couple alone have the privilege of entering it, and more than one lady, we are told, makes her bed herself. Of all the crazes which reign beyond the sea, why should the only one which we despise be precisely that, whose grace and mystery ought undoubtedly to meet the approval of all tender souls on this continent? Refined women condemn the immodesty with which strangers are introduced into the sanctuary of marriage. As for us, who have energetically anathematized women ...

— Analytical Studies • Honore de Balzac

... months, or nine. I imagine that for stateliness and delicacy combined there are no plants that excel the Sobralia. At any single point they may be surpassed—among orchids, be it understood, by nothing else in Nature's realm—but their magnificence and grace together ...

— About Orchids - A Chat • Frederick Boyle

... what was said by the minister. Many times their rude hearts were touched, and the tears rolled down their swarthy faces, while she dwelt on the wondrous story of our Redeemer's life and death, and explained how the white man and the red man alike could be saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. In after years the savages ...

— Woman on the American Frontier • William Worthington Fowler

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