What is "blessin'"

Usage examples of "blessin'".

Scratching his head meditatively, he said: “An' all because av me wantin' to enjoy the blessin's an' advantages av civilization agin afther three long months in that danged gradin' camp, as is the right av ivery healthy man wid his pay in his pocket.

Everything's as peaceful as the parson's blessin' after his discourse on the eternal fires of torment.

And they that severs ye they tempts ye to stray: and you learn too late the meanin' o' them blessin's of the priest--as it was ordained.

When the Minister had finished axin' a blessin', father goes up to Jim, and says he, 'Jim Munroe, my boy,' givin' him a rousin' slap on the shoulder that sot him a-coughin' for the matter of five minutes (for he was a mortal powerful man, was father), 'Jim Munroe, my boy,' says he, 'you've got the snare round your neck, I guess now, instead of your leg.

It's no wonder your country don't prosper, for who ever heerd of a blessin' on such carryins on as this?

Some have it that it never brings a blessin' on a house to have dancin' in it.