de gratia

American  

[di grey-shee-uh, de grah-tee-ah] / dɪ ˈgreɪ ʃi ə, dɛ ˈgrɑ tiˌɑ /

adverb

Law.

1. by favor or grace.

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Etymology

Origin of de gratia

From Latin dē gratiā

Example Sentences

"Dios te salve, Maria. Llena eres de gratia," Julie began.

From Literature

Unigenitus Filius, qui est in sinu Paris ipse ennarravit.6 Quapropter Apostolus, qui gentes Deum per ea, quae facta sunt cognovisse testatur, disserens de gratia et veritate7 quae per Jesum Christum facta est, loquimur, iniquit, Dei sapientiam in mysterio, quae abscondita est ... quam nemo principum hujus saeculi cognovit ...

From Project Gutenberg

Sciatis quod de gratiâ nostrâ speciali, et pro bono servitio quod Rogerus Small nobis impendit et impendat in futuro, concessimus ei officium Janitoris Novi Templi London Habend. &c. pro vitâ suâ &c. pertinend. &c. omnia vada et feoda &c. eodem modo qualia Robertus Fetyt defunct.

From Project Gutenberg

To which he answered, ‘De gratia, Signore, while you are about it, then, make it a hundred, for I have great need just now of another fifty crowns.’

From Project Gutenberg

Among the theologians who have tried to harmonize Thomism and Molinism we may mention, besides Ysambert and St. Alphonsus de' Liguori, *Tournely, De Gratia, Venice 1755.—Card.

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