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• herb-of-grace
  herb-of-grace

  noun

  rue.
• herb of grace
  herb of grace

  noun

  an archaic name for rue 2

herb-of-grace

American  

[urb-uhv-greys, hurb-] / ˈɜrb əvˈgreɪs, ˈhɜrb- /

noun

Archaic.

herbs-of-grace plural

1. rue.

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herb of grace British  

noun

1. an archaic name for rue 2

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• herbs-of-grace
  plural

Etymology

Origin of herb-of-grace

1540–50; so called from the association of rue ² (the plant name) with rue ¹ (repent, repentance)

Example Sentences

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herb of grace

Bring wild herb of grace, and bring deep healing dittany, For Marian, our clear May, so long laid in earth.

From The New Morning Poems by Noyes, Alfred

In the common dictionaries of Shakespeare's time, it was called herb of grace.

From Hamlet by Kean, Charles John

Here did she fall a tear; here in this place I'll set a bank of rue, sour herb of grace.

From King Richard II by Shakespeare, William

Indeed, sir, she was the sweet marjoram of the salad, or, rather, the herb of grace.

From All's Well That Ends Well by Shakespeare, William

Fennel, columbine, crow-flower, nettles, daisies, long purples or dead-men's-fingers, flax, grass, hebenon, nut, palm, pansies, plum-tree, primrose, rose, rosemary, rue, herb of grace, thorns, violets, wheat, willow, wormwood.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson