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‖ Gratia Dei|ˈgreɪʃ(ɪ)ə ˈdiːaɪ|
[L. = ‘grace of God’. Cf. grace n. 18.]
1. A name for the Hedge Hyssop (Gratiola officinalis); formerly also applied to the Lesser Centaury (Erythræa Centaureum) and Geranium pratense.
13..Old Med. MS. in Archæol. (1844) XXX. 382 Gracia Dei yt growyth in mede. c1400in Med. Wks. 14th C. (Henslow, 1899) 53 An herbe þat [is] y-clipyd gratia dei. 1578Lyte Dodoens i. xxxiii. 48 The seuenth [Geranium] is called Gratia Dei: in English also Gratia Dei. Ibid. vi. xii. 673 Hedge Hysope..Some do call it in Latine, Gratia Dei, Howbeit it is nothing lyke Gratia Dei, or Gratiola, which is a kinde of the lesse Centaury. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Gratia Dei,..a kind of lesser Centaury. 1866Treas. Bot. 550/2 Gratia Dei, Gratiola officinalis.
†2. A kind of plaster. Obs.
c1450ME. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 187 Thys gratia dei vsede þe lady bechampe. 1669Phillips, Gratia Dei, a Plaister, made of Wax, Rosen, Suet, Turpentine, Mastick, and Olibanum. |