| 单词 | by the grace of god |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby the grace of God P1. by the grace of God: = by God's grace at god n. and int. Phrases 1a(a); spec. used to introduce a formal statement of the titles of sovereigns, and formerly also of ecclesiastical dignitaries. [After post-classical Latin Dei gratia (from 10th cent. in British sources; perhaps earlier). Compare similar use of Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French par la grace de Dieu (French par la grâce de Dieu) from 13th cent. or earlier.] ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xv. 10 Forsothe by the grace of God, I am that thing that I am. 1398 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 316 (MED) Richard, by the grace of God erche bysshop of York..and legat of ye court of Rome. a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 109 Sche was a pilgryme purposyng be þe grace of God to-Seynt-Iamys-warde. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 43 (MED) Be þe grace of god is bredde In myn olde age a chylde. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. B1 How farre purpose you to trauell this way by the grace of God? 1611 in Bible (King James) Ded. Iames by the grace of God King of Great Britaine. 1657 Divine Loue 197 Yet by the Grace of God will I haue noe adheringe Affection to them. 1718 tr. Peter the Great in Prerogative of Primogeniture 4 We, Peter I, by the Grace of God, Czar and Autokrator or Emperor..of all Russia. 1775 J. Wesley Let. 20 Oct. (1931) VI. 182 If I should have an interview with the great man..I will by the grace of God tell him so without any circumlocution. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 11 Annie, this voyage by the grace of God Will bring fair weather yet to all of us. 1884 Catholic Dict. 86/1 The bishop speaks of himself as ‘N., by the grace of God and of the Apostolic See, Bishop of N.’. 1902 Times 11 Nov. 11/1 To thank those, who, by the grace of God, had succeeded in preserving his life. 1998 B. Kingsolver Poisonwood Bible (1999) iv. 342 It was just by the grace of God he didn't get bit on the leg and die on the spot. 1998 H. Strachan Way Up Way Out ii. 26 A legend telling us that she was, By the Grace of God, Queen of Britain, Defender of the Faith. < as lemmas |
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