2. Noun. (plural of grace) ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of grace) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Graces
1. grace [v] - See also: grace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Graces
Literary usage of Graces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In this connexion grace also stands for charm, attractiveness; as when we speak
of the three graces in mythology, or of the grace poured forth on the lips ..."
2. The History of Ancient Art by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Giles Henry Lodge (1872)
"The graces were the nymphs and playmates of Venus, and in the most ... In the
palace Ruspoli there are figures of nude graces, about half the size of life. ..."
3. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1853)
"now, or which of them, had the graces shining clearest, since both seemed to bo
alike Î HoN. The young man's, doubt makes head agains' the greatest ..."