Definition of Graces

1. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) Three sister goddesses in Greek mythology. ¹

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

grace notes
grace of God
grace period
graced
graceful
gracefull
gracefuller
gracefullest
gracefully
gracefulness
gracefulnesses
graceless
gracelessly
gracelessness
gracelessnesses
graces
gracias
gracilariid
gracilariid moth
gracile
gracile fasciculus
gracile habitus
gracile lobule
gracile nucleus
gracile tubercle
gracileness
gracilenesses
graciles

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 ..."

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