second blessing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of second blessing
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The car proved as resilient as its owner — a second blessing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2022
And if the project is a success, that is your second blessing.
From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2016
When he was done, I recited the second blessing and the prayer that thanks God when a serious accident has been avoided.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
In conversation with a young minister at a summer conference, he said he had never known this second blessing or experience on which such stress was being laid there.
From Quiet Talks on Power by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)
Now, being made a partaker thereof, the second blessing immediately follows, to wit, the blessing of Abraham, that is, the promise of the Spirit through faith; Gal. iii.
From The Pharisee and Publican by Bunyan, John
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