Both Uses of
sage
in
Night, by Elie Wiesel
- That's the teaching of our sages.
p. 31.6 *sages = people known for being wise
- I'm neither a sage nor a just man.†
p. 76.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(sage as in: sage advice) profound wisdom; or one known for being wise
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(2)
(sage as in: the growing sage) a name for various plants including one used as a popular spice and another commonly called sagebrush
or: the color of such plants (a shade of green with some hint of gray)