单词 | state of grace |
释义 | > as lemmasstate of grace state of grace n. the state of being a recipient of divine favour (cf. sense 1e); the condition of being regarded as free from mortal sin; (also in extended use) an exalted or privileged position. [After post-classical Latin status gratiae (from 14th cent. in British sources); compare Middle French estat de grace, French état de grace (first half of the 14th cent.).] ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 364 I haue prouidid for hem..for to raunsome hem out of peyne..be fastinge & praieris doon in þe staat of grace. 1565 W. Allen Def. & Declar. Doctr. Purgatory ii. xvi. f. 280v All that passe hense in the happy state of grace. 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 8 By the glorious Speculation of his Mind (under a renovating and regenerate State of Grace) he may represent something of the invisible Glories. 1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. I. viii. 247 For all the Children of God are in a state of Grace. 1852 F. W. Robertson Expos. Lect. Epist. Cor. (1863) xlvi. 345 A state of grace is the state in which all men are, who have received the message of salvation which declares God's goodwill towards them. 1951 Harper's Mag. May 72/1 Looking on maturity, not as a kind of state of grace, but as a psycho-biological process. 1996 Appl. Linguistics 17 64 The existence of a dominant theory (or paradigm) is necessary if a new field is ever to attain that state of grace known as ‘normal science’. 2000 A. Hastings in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 372/1 Consecrated kings in a state of grace were held to possess quasi-miraculous powers of healing. < as lemmas |
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