Spare her health
The body was placed on a bier with candles at the head and feet. The line of viewers, kept moving quickly by soldiers, saw no Catherine kneeling and praying over her husband as she had done for Empress Elizabeth. Her absence, it was explained, was a result of an appeal from the Senate that she not attend, “so that Her Imperial Majesty might spare her health out of love for the Russian Fatherland.”
Could anyone explain the meaning of 'spare her health'? I don't understand 'spare' even after looking it up on a dictionary.
Thanks!
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"spare" means "refrain from harming" (e.g. sense 1 at https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/spare).
0It implies that Catherine would suffer from exposure or mental anguish by all the kneeling and praying. She chose to protect her health and not do this.
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