benison

[ben-uh-zuhn, -suhn]

noun

1. benediction.

benison

/ ˈbɛnɪzən, -sən /

noun

1. archaic,  a blessing, esp a spoken one

Word History and Origins

Origin of benison¹

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French beneiçon, Middle French beneison < Latin benedictiōn- benediction

Word History and Origins

Origin of benison¹

C13: from Old French beneison , from Latin benedictiō _benediction

Example Sentences

"By all the glories of the day / And the cool evening's benison / By that last sunset touch that lay / Upon the hills when day was done," it begins.

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"A Bit of a Tune" revisits Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" and its crack-of-dawn encounter with the moon, finding it "a benison and a boon".

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As my good brother, the Abbot, is not here, thou must content thyself with my benison.

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This is the second festival I have kept with those whom society has placed, not outside her pale, indeed, but outside the hearing of her benison.

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I remember, however, more than distinctly all that happened the last evening I passed in that secluded house, to my sojourn in which I owe all the benisons bestowed upon my after artist life.

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Related Words

• benevolence 
• generosity 
• mercy