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benediction
[ ben-i-dik-shuhn ]
noun
- an utterance of good wishes.
- the form of blessing pronounced by an officiating minister, as at the close of divine service.
- a ceremony by which things are set aside for sacred uses, as a church, vestments, or bells.
- (usually initial capital letter) Also called Ben·e·dic·tion of the Bless·ed Sac·ra·ment [ben-i-, dik, -sh, uh, n , uh, v , th, uh, , bles, -id , sak, -r, uh, -m, uh, nt]. a service consisting of prayers, at least one prescribed hymn, censing of the congregation and the Host, and a blessing of the congregation by moving in the form of a cross the ciborium or monstrance containing the Host.
- the advantage conferred by blessing; a mercy or benefit.
benediction
/ ˌbɛnɪˈdɪkʃən /
noun
- an invocation of divine blessing, esp at the end of a Christian religious ceremony
- a Roman Catholic service in which the congregation is blessed with the sacrament
- the state of being blessed
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Derived Forms
- ˌbeneˈdictory, adjective
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Other Words From
- pre·ben·e·dic·tion noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of benediction1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of benediction1
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Example Sentences
But even before this celebrity benediction, Brooklyn was thriving in the City of Lights.
The resulting pictures of Angelina, dipping her head as she receives the Sovereign's benediction, have gone around the world.
Why do politicians and policy-makers need the benediction of celebrity to do their jobs?
Where their benediction fell, their flocks were sure to go—or that was the idea.
Finally one Christmas the queen sent over a gift of a Labrador retriever, indicating a social benediction of sorts.
Those who have not received the benediction are pressing and elbowing each other to get near the altar.
Those who have received the benediction are instantly away to the Opera House or the wood of Boulogne.
The Rokurreas rose with one accord, and each turned to the men he was near to give them his parting benediction and salutation.
Let us take farewell like men, without a murmur and without a tear, and let me receive the benediction of a father before I die.
Man had wedded himself to Nature, and his works seemed to receive her seal and benediction.
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