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in peace

in peace prepositional phrase: with someone's favour or blessing.

Prepositional phrase

  1. With someone's favour or blessing.
    • You may go in peace.
  2. Without interruption; in tranquility; peacefully.
    • Now the children have gone, perhaps I can get on with my work in peace.

Origin of in peace

Possibly a calque of French en paix. Compare Spanish en paz and Italian in pace.

Questions about in peace

What does in peace mean?
In peace means with someone's favour or blessing.
What part of speech is in peace?
In peace is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in peace in the dictionary

  1. in pari materia
  2. in part
  3. in partibus infidelium
  4. in particular
  5. in passing
  6. in peace
  7. in perpetuity
  8. in person
  9. in personam
  10. in perspective
  11. in petto

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