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单词 to say grace
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to say grace (also †graces)
11. Frequently in plural in early use. A short prayer or blessing offered in thanks before or after eating. Frequently in to say grace (also †graces).
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society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > before or after meal
grace?c1225
benisona1300
table prayer1657
benediction1671
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > graciousness or grace > in scriptural language
grace?c1225
society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > blessing > [noun] > asked at table
benedicite?c1225
grace?c1225
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 37 Ouwer graces..bifore mete. & effter..& wið þe miserere gað bifore þe weoued & endið þer ouwer graces.
c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 612 When þe grace were y-seyd, & þe bordes adoun layd, Out of toun he went his way.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 15354 Þe borde was laid, þe cloþes spred, þe grace [a1450 Lamb. graces] said.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiv. l. 62 As holywrit witnesseth whan men segge her graces, Aperis tu manum tuam [etc.].
c1475 Babees Bk. (Harl. 5086) (2002) i. 8 Passe yee him nat fro Whils grace ys sayde and brouhte vnto an ende.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 241 After they had dyned, graces were said.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxvi. f. xxxviij When they had sayd grace, they went out.
1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. B He would needes say grace (forsooth) before and after supper.
a1642 J. Suckling Poems 19 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) Long graces do But keep good stomachs off that would fall too.
1680 J. Dryden in N. Lee Cæsar Borgia Prol. sig. A4 But mark their Feasts..The Pope says Grace, but 'tis the Devil gives Thanks.
?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. vi. 62 Until Mr. Say-Grace has blest the Cup, and said a short Grace.
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. v. 178 The latter grace was said, and the cloth taken away.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xii. 201 A youth came forward..and pronounced the ancient form of grace before meals.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. viii. 175 The dinner was at times scanty..a grace before the meat, and a grace after.
1931 Amer. Mercury Jan. 28/1 They do not believe in God to the extent that they say grace before every cocktail.
2005 B. Keating & S. Keating Blood Sisters ii. 24 They sat with heads bowed as Jan said grace.
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