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benediction(dictionary)

benediction (iou)



benediction noun. LME.
[(Old & mod. French benediction from) Latin benedictio(n-), from benedict- pa. ppl stem of benedicere: see BENEDICITE, -ION.]
The utterance of a blessing; devout or formal invocation of blessedness, prosperity, etc., esp. at the conclusion of a church service, at the consecration of an abbot, or as a grace at table. LME.
J. A. Froude Amidst the benedictions of tens of thousands of people.
b. A chiefly Roman Catholic service in which the congregation is blessed with the Blessed Sacrament. E19.
Blessedness, favour. L15.
Shakespeare Winter's Tale As if my trinkets..brought a benediction to the buyer. F. Norris A sense of benediction brooded lowa divine kindliness manifesting itself in beauty, in peace, in absolute repose.
benedictional noun a book of forms of benediction M18.
benedictionary noun = benedictional L18.
benedictory adjective of or pertaining to the utterance of benediction E18.