top of page

Welcome to “Grace is the Name”. Our issue of discussion today is the proper understanding of common words like “Grace”.

Grace is the Name large.jpg

Call upon God.
English adjective.
English adverb.
English verb.
Honorary title.
Legal noun.
Personal 1st name.
Personal-characteristics noun.

NAME
1.    “Grace” can be used as a personal 1st name:
“Grace” is a feminine given name, form of Gracie, from the Latin gratia. It is often given in reference to the Christian concept of divine grace and used as a virtue name.
In Uganda, the name Grace was introduced by a British Anglican Missionary’s wife called GRACE Ssabaganzi. Uganda was still a young British Protectorate, by then. Many Anglican parents named their children GRACE in her honor, irrespective of sex. Uganda is the only African Country where the name “Grace” is given to male children as well.
The following examples show us the famous people called “Grace”:

NAME.jpg

Without any loss of generality, the word ‘Grace’ can be used in 8 different aspects:

Calling.

CALLING.jpg

NOUN

2.    “Grace” can be used as a personal-characteristics noun:
A pleasant quality: She danced with a grace.
Willingness: She did it with a good grace.
Unwillingness: she did it with an ill grace.
Apology: She had the grace to say sorry.
Pleasant qualities: She has pleasant graces.

Legal

3.    “Grace” can be used as a legal noun:
To give an agreement a week’s grace.

Honorary

4.    “Grace” can be used as an honorary title:
His Grace, the Archbishop Cipriani Kizito Lwanga.

Verb

5.    “Grace” can be used as a grammatical verb:
The occasion was graced by the presence of the Minister (Meaning to give dignity). Fall from grace. 

Adjective

6.    “Grace” can be used as a grammatical adjective:
She is a graceful dancer; A graceless footballer; He plays with gracious style. Meaning an action showing grace.
Good gracious! Gracious me! Gracious goodness! Oh, my Grace! Express exclamation.

Adverb

7.    “Grace” can be used as a grammatical adverb:
She spoke gracefully of him.
She danced gracelessly, too.
She waved to the crowd graciously.

Acknowledgement:

Thank you for reading “Grace is the name” BLOG. Most of the material used in this blog post has been taken from the following references:
The Master Piece album of Elvis Presley, called SPELLING ON THE STONE.
The Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English, 1952.
Google Search engine.

CLICK to play

Your music

Grace is the Name

bottom of page