| 单词 | to fall from grace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto 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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