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To bow and sue for grace<\/strong> With suppliant knee. Milton.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
2.<\/strong> (Theol.) The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as distinguished from His justice; also, any benefits His mercy imparts; divine love or pardon; a state of acceptance with God; enjoyment of the divine favor. <\/div>\n<\/p>\n
And if by grace<\/strong>, then is it no more of works. Rom. xi. 6.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My grace<\/strong> is sufficicnt for thee. 2 Cor. xii. 9.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Where sin abounded, grace<\/strong> did much more abound. Rom. v. 20.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace<\/strong> wherein we stand. Rom. v.2<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
3.<\/strong> (Law) (a) The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon. (b) The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery. <\/div>\n<\/p>\n
4.<\/strong> Fortune; luck; — used commonly with hard<\/em> or sorry<\/em> when it means misfortune. [Obs.] Chaucer.<\/em> <\/div>\n<\/p>\n
5.<\/strong> Inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit. <\/div>\n<\/p>\n
He is complete in feature and in mind. With all good grace<\/strong> to grace a gentleman. Shak.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I have formerly given the general character of Mr. Addison’s style and manner as natural and unaffected, easy and polite, and full of those graces<\/strong> which a flowery imagination diffuses over writing. Blair.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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6.<\/strong> Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form. <\/div>\n<\/p>\n
I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and the grace<\/strong> of the gift. Longfellow.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
7.<\/strong> pl. (Myth.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse. <\/div>\n<\/p>\n
The Graces<\/strong> love to weave the rose. Moore.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Loves delighted, and the Graces<\/strong> played. Prior.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
8.<\/strong> The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England. <\/div>\n<\/p>\n
How fares your Grace<\/strong> ! Shak.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
9.<\/strong> (Commonly pl.) Thanks. [Obs.] <\/div>\n<\/p>\n
Yielding graces<\/strong> and thankings to their lord Melibeus. Chaucer.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
10.<\/strong> A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal. <\/div>\n<\/p>\n
11.<\/strong> pl. (Mus.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes<\/em>, appeggiaturas<\/em>, turns<\/em>, etc. <\/div>\n<\/p>\n
12.<\/strong> (Eng. Universities) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree. Walton.<\/em> <\/div>\n<\/p>\n
13.<\/strong> pl. A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also grace hoop or hoops. Act of grace. — Day of grace (Theol.), the time of probation, when the offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted. <\/p>\nSyn. — Elegance; comeliness; charm; favor; kindness; mercy. — Grace, Mercy. These words, though often interchanged, have each a distinctive and peculiar meaning. <\/div>\n
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Grace: Grace (?), n. [F. grâce, L. gratia, from gratus beloved, dear, agreeable; perh. akin to Gr. to rejoice, favor, grace, Skr. hary to desire, and E. yearn. Cf. Grateful, Gratis.] 1. The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred. To bow and sue for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hip-glossary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}