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单词 your grace
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your gracev.

Brit. /jə ˈɡreɪs/, U.S. /jər ˈɡreɪs/
Forms: also with capital initial(s).
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: your Grace at grace n. 8a
Etymology: < your Grace at grace n. 8a. Compare earlier grace v. 7.
transitive. To address (esp. a duke or duchess) as ‘your Grace’. Frequently with one or both elements in upper case.
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1835 R. Southey Doctor III. lxxx. 61 They are pleased to be Doctor'd and Professor'd; to be Captain'd, Major'd, Colonel'd, General'd, or Admiral'd;—to be Sir John'd, my-Lorded, or your-Graced.
1862 Ld. Tennyson Let. Feb. in Life & Wks. (1898) II. 332 If you call me Mr Tennyson any longer, I think that I must Your-grace you till the end of the chapter.
1928 G. B. Shaw Intell. Woman's Guide Socialism lxxxi. 419 When the great Duke of Wellington fell ill, he said ‘Send for the apothecary’..and the apothecary no doubt ‘your Graced’ him in a very abject manner.
1994 J. McWilliams Betrayed 144 ‘Does she now, Your Grace?’ ‘Don't 'Your Grace’ me, and yes, she does.’
2002 E. James Duchess in Love ii. 12 ‘Do stop “your gracing” me, then,’ his client said. ‘I can't stand formality.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

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your Grace
a. With a possessive adjective: a title of respect, esp. for a person of royal or noble rank. Frequently (in your Grace) as a form of address. Now archaic or historical.Formerly (in England until the reign of Henry VIII and in Scotland until 1707) used for a monarch or prince; now replaced by Majesty or Highness (see majesty n. 2, highness n. 2b).
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun]
yea1225
my Lordc1300
seigniorc1330
squire1382
noblessec1390
lordship1394
grace1423
gentlenessc1425
magnificencec1425
noblenessc1425
greatness1473
worshipc1475
your mightinessa1500
excellency?1533
celsitude1535
altitude1543
Your Honour1551
sublimity1553
excellencea1592
captal1592
gentleperson1597
clemencya1600
gravity1618
grace1625
grandeur1632
eximiousness1648
professorship1656
prince1677
excellenceshipc1716
Graceship1804
seigniorship1823
valiancy1828
your seignorie1829
1423 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) III. 85 That it like to ȝoure grace to graunt letters of warant dormaunt..to the seyd Tresorer.
?1430 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 13 I prey yow..þat it lyke to yowr grace [sc. the Vicar of the Abbot of Cluny] to graunte..to þe Priour of Thetford..autorite..to professe..þe seyd monkes.
a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 1870 (MED) To his lord he went a pase, And broght him tithinges from hir goode grace.
1529 T. Alward in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) I. 309 My Lords Grace went again unto the Kyngs Highnes beyng then in his pryvie chamber.
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Sviiv, (heading) Sermon..whyche he preached before the kynges Maiestye wythin hys graces Palaice at Westminster.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 17 God saue thy grace: maiestie I should say. View more context for this quotation
1605 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 39 The rebels came but two hours too late to have seized upon the person of my Lady Elizabeth's grace.
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 138 As for Grace, it beganne about the time of Henry the fourth. Excellent Grace vnder Henry the sixt.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. iv. 4 A goodly prize, fit for the diuels grace . View more context for this quotation
1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Oct. 513 If the king wants a yacht, or Her Majesty's Grace would like a few acres of real lace.
1938 E. Goudge Towers in Mist (1998) xv. 325 Preparations..reached fever-point at Christ Church, where the Queen's Grace and her court were to be fed, lodged and entertained.
1948 M. Irwin Elizabeth, Captive Princess iii. 22 There's a man coming to the Lady Elizabeth now... Pray heaven Her Grace does not hear them on t'other side of the house.
1986 S. Penman Here be Dragons (1991) (U.K. ed.) i. x. 141 Madame, the King's Grace has just ridden into the garth.
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