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A ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
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benediction
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A benediction is a religious invocation. Benediction may also refer to: "Benediction" (Angel) , an episode of Angel Benediction (band) , a British death metal band Benediction (play) , a play by Eric Schmiedl "Benediction" (short story) , a 1920 short story ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, from Latin benedictionem (nominative benedictio ), noun of action from bene dicere "to speak well of, bless," from bene "well" (see bene- ) + dicere "to speak" (see diction ). The oldest sense in English is of grace before meat. The older French ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service. 2 The form of instituting an abbot, analogous to the consecration of a bishop. 3 A Roman Catholic rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Benediction \Ben`e*dic"tion\, n. [L. benedictio: cf. F. b['e]n['e]diction. See Benison .] The act of blessing. A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of ...
Usage examples of benediction.
She smiled at Amrita, and I found myself jealous, wishing that I had been the recipient of that benediction.
Henley Ragen bluffly delivered a sort of benediction from the altar of learning, Mr.
He then gave me his benediction, and asked me very graciously what he could do for me.
After the benediction of the waters children were baptized by being plunged into a large hole which had been made in the ice.
It is true that before he left Michael Angelo had already modelled it in clay, but he was doubtful as to what the statue should hold in the left hand, the right was raised as if giving a benediction.
The Mollahs in solemn procession advanced to the ramparts, to shed their benediction on the victorious Hassan Subah.
Delia Burrage, who sang in the choir, had, as was afterward told from one end of the town to the other, slipped down the gallery stair without waiting for the benediction, and so had managed to be first in the field.
It was several years since Lois had been at Benediction and at first she was thrilled by the gleaming monstrance with its central spot of white, the air rich and heavy with incense, and the sun shining through the stained-glass window of St.
Then she spread out her superb, heavy arms in a backwards gesture of benediction and, as she did so, her wings spread, too, a polychromatic unfolding fully six feet across, spread of an eagle, a condor, an albatross fed to excess on the same diet that makes flamingoes pink.
England, to the Crier, and they shall have a Benediction from the Pope, an hundred oaths from the Cavaliers, 40 kisses from the Wanton Wenches, and be made Pursevant to the next Arch Bishop.
All about, the feeling of absolute peace and quiet and security and untroubled happiness and content seemed descending from the stars like a benediction.
I assumed were the Bacchic versions of invocation, homily, benediction and so on.
Julius liked this image of himself, gave Michelangelo his benediction, as well as an order on Antonmaria da Lignano, a Bolognese banker, to continue paying his costs.
They have seduced spineless American and British scholars into giving the benediction of serious study to such thin beer as the films of Capra, Hawks, and Jerry Lewis.
God, to Brother Francis and the other priors or custodes of the Brothers Minor, greeting and the apostolic benediction.