单词 | fall from grace |
释义 | > as lemmasfall from grace fall from grace n. (a) Theology a descent from a state of divine favour into sin (cf. earlier to fall from grace at Phrases 4b); esp. the lapse of humankind into a sinful state; = fall n.2 5b; (b) a sudden or dramatic decline in popularity or influence; a falling out of favour. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > kinds of sin > [noun] > original fleshc1200 original sinc1350 falla1400 birth poison1528 birth sin?1546 fall from grace1560 lapse1659 lapse from grace1687 birth stain1820 felix culpa1963 1560 T. Churchyard Contention betwyxte Churchyeard & Camell sig. C.iii If any fall from grace gentelly hym assayle, Burden him wyth charity, no rygour can preuaile. 1605 S. Rowlands Theater Delightfull Recreation 67 I..haue seene all the course of sinfull man, His state in Paradise that glorious place, His disobedience, and his fall from grace. 1796 R. Gray Serm. on Princ. upon which Reformation Established vi. 247 They [sc. the Creed and Liturgy of our Church] admit the redemption of the whole world by Christ;..and the possibility of a fall from grace. 1892 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly Sept. 354/2 Her fall from grace—for in the public estimation it was nothing less—was discussed at every social gathering. 1933 E. Sitwell Eng. Eccentrics ii. 42 I am afraid the ancient and rattling-boned gallant rather gloried in this fall from grace. 1959 Times of India 24 Mar. 6/3 Where are the roots of man's suffering? In his fall from grace? 1968 Rotarian June 33/2 Reams of words were written when the Mary made her last trans-Atlantic crossing... Her fall from grace was treated rather ungentlemanly. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 26/3 Celebrities..seek publicity one day and then complain when their fall from grace becomes a tabloid scoop. to fall (also lapse) from grace b. to fall (also lapse) from grace: to fall from a state of grace into sin; figurative to become disgraced, to lose favour or popularity. Also: †fall away from grace. [After post-classical Latin excidere a gratia (Vulgate, e.g. in Galatians 5:4, the passage translated in quot. c1384).] ΚΠ c1384Fallen awey fro grace [see sense 1e]. 1643 J. Angier Lancashires Valley of Achor 12 Many of them have proved practicall Arminians, practising falling from Grace. 1877 Spirit of Times 15 Dec. 516/2 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon, that ‘Nemo’ is a backslider; that he has fallen from grace. 1933 Musical Times Dec. 1085/2 She is evidently regarded as one who, having left the Corporation, has totally lapsed from grace. 1968 S. Runciman Great Church in Captivity v. 251 The twelfth article teaches that sinners who have lapsed from grace can receive it again if they repent. 2012 New Yorker 27 Feb. 16/2 George Valentin, a star with Fairbanksian dash, struggles to hold back the onset of sound, and, in so doing, falls from grace. < as lemmas |
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