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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-grays, 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

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Etymology

Origin of herb-of-grace

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

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Example Sentences

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herb of grace

Ah, ye whom this small herb of grace Brings back, yet brings not face to face, Yea, all who read these lines I pen, Would ye for truth confess them?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 11, 1917 by Various

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

From All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

This herb of grace, let us hope, may be found in the old footprints of the war.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 by Various

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 Henry Nicholson Ellacombe

Take thou this herb of grace, and if Medea offers you a cup of wine, drop this herb in the cup, and so you shall escape death.

From Tales of Troy and Greece by Andrew Lang

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