your Grace

See also: your grace

English

Noun

your Grace (plural your Graces)

(Christian) Used in direct address to archbishops.
(Especially Eastern Orthodox Christian) Used in direct address to bishops, although in British English sometimes only granted to the Bishop of Meath and Kildare in Ireland.
(Britain) Used in direct address to dukes and to Lord High Commissioners.

Synonyms

(UK, to dukes, now only common in correspondence) my Lord Duke
(UK, to bishops of the Church of England comprising the Lords Spiritual) my Lord Bishop
(UK, to other bishops) my Lord
(UK, to dukes, historical, now improper) my Lord

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