herb-of-grace

[ urb-uhv-greys, hurb- ]

/ ˈɜrb əvˈgreɪs, ˈhɜrb- /

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noun, plural herbs-of-grace.Archaic.

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Origin of herb-of-grace

1540–50; so called from the association of rue² (the plant name) with rue¹ (repent, repentance)

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How to use herb-of-grace in a sentence

But there is a big twist in this story that has left both Grace Castro and Lozoya frustrated and grasping for more answers.
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That is a reality that still eats at Grace Castro and Yvonne Lozoya.
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The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
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Twin girls, Greta and Grace, run around the floor in circles, wearing pink playsuits with tiny pink wings attached.
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They made quiet plans together, saying that when they had a child together, they wanted a girl called Grace.
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Many of them were delicious in the role; one of them was the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm.
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They ranged from moving trunks to cleaning cisterns, and, by grace of all of them, Sim was doing very well.
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She was growing a little stout, but it did not seem to detract an iota from the grace of every step, pose, gesture.
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Roman Pane who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage alludes to another method of using the herb.
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May looked along at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face, “How funny!”
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British Dictionary definitions for herb-of-grace

herb of grace

noun

an archaic name for rue 2

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