The Different Faces Of Grace

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as I do. The word grace has been around for many years. Grace's meaning began as one which applied to attractiveness. It was later used to mean favor and then to mean gratitude. Through the years, grace has made an impact on many people's lives. Some form of grace can be found in songs, plays, businesses,royalties, poems, and Christianity.
According to The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) the English spelling of grace comes from the French word grace. The word grace goes back to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries when it was spelled grass or grease. The history of grace originated from the Latin word gratia which lead to the Spanish word, gracia, the Portuguese word, graca, and the Italian word, grazia. The first definition given in the OED is "pleasing quality, gracefulness." The archaic definition is "pleasantness of flavor." Both of these definitions deal with something being pleasant or pleasing to a person. The first definition in the unabridged dictionary ...

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have associated grace with a tip. This is another example of finding favour. For example, a server at a restaurant must find favour with the customer, and his reward is the gratuity left for him.
The OED also associates the grace definition of "favour" in a religious sense. The OED refers to "the grace of God" or "free grace", as "unmerited favor of God." Another definition for "the grace of God" is the divine influence which operates in men to regenerate and sanctify. This definition tells of the abilities a Christian has through God's grace. Different religious terms that apply to grace are as follows: "A state of grace" is the condition of one who is under divine influence. ...

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