BENEDICTION
\bˌɛnɪdˈɪkʃən], \bˌɛnɪdˈɪkʃən], \b_ˌɛ_n_ɪ_d_ˈɪ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of BENEDICTION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness.
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The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction.
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The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop.
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A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God.
By Oddity Software
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A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness.
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The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction.
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The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop.
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A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald