grace and favour

noun

Definitions

  1. Owned by the sovereign or government and granted free of rent to a person as an…

    Owned by the sovereign or government and granted free of rent to a person as an expression of gratitude or obligation.

    • In 1986 a fire began in a grace-and-favour apartment above the King's Apartments in the south Wren wing.
    • In the days before she formally stepped down, Truss held farewell parties for her supporters at the prime ministerial grace-and-favour mansion of Chequers.

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No curated loop yet for grace and favour. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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