sage

Everyday

1. A herb with soft grey-green leaves that is used in cooking, for example in stuffing. tree →
2. A very wise person, often an old and respected teacher. tree →
3. (adjective, formal) Wise: sage advice. tree →
4. Sage green is a soft grey-green colour. tree →

In the lessons

In cooking, sage and onion stuffing is eaten with roast chicken or turkey in the UK and the US. In history and stories, sages are wise people whom others come to for advice. Phrases: sage advice, sage and onion, a wise old sage, sage green.

Examples

• Mum added sage to the stuffing. tree →
• Sage leaves feel soft and fuzzy. tree →
• The village sage gave the boy advice. tree →
• "Be patient," was Grandma's sage advice. tree →
• Confucius is often called a Chinese sage. tree →
• Our bedroom is painted sage green. tree →
• He stopped a few steps away from a very large bunch of wild sage. tree →

Note

Herb sense is uncountable ("some sage"); person sense is countable ("a sage"). Do not confuse with "saga" (a long story) or "sag" (droop).

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Jewish tradition honours its sages (chachamim), the rabbis of the Talmud and later ages, who handed down and explained the Torah. In the primary lessons: In cooking, sage and onion stuffing is eaten with roast chicken or turkey in the UK and the US. In history and stories, sages are wise people whom others come to for advice. Phrases: sage advice, sage and onion, a wise old sage, sage green.

Examples

• The following interesting comment is from Rabbi Moses Botarel:-"It was Abraham our Father-blessed be he who wrote this book to condemn the doctrine of the sages of his time, who were incredulous of the supreme dogma of the Unity. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Astle, The Origin and Progress of Writing, London 1784, p. 41: rhu!', IX, 354, 439). <)r he could have meant Jewish astronomers like JIashallah, who was called by Abraham ibn Eira an Indian sage (mr; Din) (see M. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Herb sense is uncountable ("some sage"); person sense is countable ("a sage"). Do not confuse with "saga" (a long story) or "sag" (droop).