second blessing

American  

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. an experience of sanctification coming after conversion.

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Etymology

Origin of second blessing

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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

And most of them would have to experience something more illuminating and stringent even than the "second blessing" before they could be made to see the matter differently.

From A Circuit Rider's Wife by Harris, Corra

The musicians who had discoursed with instrument and voice during the worship and entertainment of the ancestors, followed the convivial party 'to give their soothing aid at the second blessing.'

From The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 by Legge, James