Grace

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Grace may refer to:

Contents 1 Religion 2 Title 3 Names 4 Movies and TV 5 Music 6 Other

[edit] Religion

• Divine grace, unearned favors received from God. Getting what you don't deserve.
• Prevenient grace, an Augustine Christian theological concept
• Irresistible grace, a Calvinistic Christian theological concept
• Grace (prayer), a prayer said before or after a meal to bless and give thanks for it, in various religions

[edit] Title

• His or Her Grace, was the style of the King or Queen of Scots
  • also some time an alternative to (His) Majesty for the English (later British) King
• His/Her Grace (addressed as Your Grace) is the style of a (British) duke/duchess, bishop or archbishop

[edit] Names

• A feminine given name (Grâce in French)
  • Princess Grace (born Grace Kelly, a movie star) of Monaco
  • Grace Jones, Jamaican-born singer, actress and model.
  • Grace Slick, rock vocalist
  • Grace Stephenson, movie star of the 80's
  • Grace Morley, museologist who founded museums in San Francisco and New Delhi
• Any of the Three Graces in Greek mythology, see Charites
• Grace (also known as Shade Tail) in the webcomic El Goonish Shive
• A famous cricketing family, whose most notable member was Dr W.G. Grace
• William Russell Grace of W. R. Grace and Company
• Grace, a member of the Outsiders superhero team, published by DC comics.

[edit] Movies and TV

• "Grace" (Stargate SG-1), a season 7 episode of Stargate SG-1, also referring to a character in this episode
• Grace (movie), a 2006 film starring Sandra Bullock
• Will & Grace, TV series
• Grace Under Fire, TV series
• Saving Grace (2000 film), starring Brenda Blethyn as Grace
• For the love of Grace (2004 film), starring Claire Myers as Grace Stephenson
• Grace Taylor. an awesome animal cracker.

[edit] Music

• Bands
  • Grace, a rock band
  • Grace, an Italian nu-metal band
  • Grace, a 1990s dance music group
• Albums
  • Grace (1994), by Jeff Buckley
  • Grace on Grace (1999), by Don Francisco
  • Grace (2006), an album by Simon Webbe
• Songs
  • "Grace" (1994), by Jeff Buckley
  • "Grace" (2000), by U2
  • "Grace" (2002), by Supergrass from Life on Other Planets
  • "The Grace" (2005), by Canadian band Neverending White Lights

[edit] Other

• Grace, Idaho, a town in Idaho, United States
• W.R. Grace and Company
• Grace Building (New York), a skyscraper commissioned by the above company
• Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, GRACE
• Grace (plotting tool), a WYSIWYG 2D plotting tool
• Hyundai Grace, an RV in minibus and van built by Hyundai Motor Company
• Grace (photograph), taken in 1918 by Eric Enstrom