Meanings
Your Grace1
pronounYour Grace (plural your graces)
plural your graces
- formalobsoleteyou (as a polite form of address to social superiors)
your Grace2
pronounyour Grace (plural your Graces)
plural your Graces
- ChristianityUsed in direct address to archbishops.
- especially Eastern Orthodoxy ChristianityUsed in direct address to bishops, although in British English sometimes only granted to the Bishop of Meath and Kildare in Ireland.
Synonyms: my Lord
- UKUsed in direct address to dukes and to Lord High Commissioners.
Synonyms: my Lord Duke, my Lord Bishop, my Lord
Synonyms & antonyms
pronounUsed in direct address to bishops, although in British English sometimes only granted to the Bishop of Meath and Kildare in Ireland.
Similar
pronounUsed in direct address to dukes and to Lord High Commissioners.
Also see
Translations
Danish din nåde
- din nådeyou
Esperanto moŝto
- moŝtoyou
Finnish Teidän armonne
- Teidän armonneyou
French Votre Grâce
- Votre Grâceyou
German Euer Gnaden
- Euer Gnadenyou
Irish a ghrása
- a ghrásayou
Portuguese vossa mercê
- vossa mercêyou
Russian Ва́ша Ми́лость, Ва́ша Све́тлость
- Ва́ша Ми́лость (Váša Mílostʹ)you
- Ва́ша Све́тлость (Váša Svétlostʹ)you
Spanish vuestra merced, su merced
- vuestra mercedyou
- su mercedyou
- vuecelenciayou
- vuecenciayou
Swedish ers nåd
- ers nådyou
Cite this entry
APA
Your Grace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Your%20Grace
MLA
“Your Grace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Your%20Grace. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Your Grace,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Your%20Grace.
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