benediction.
A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).
Meaning & usage
A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).
to pronounce / give / say the benediction
the nuptial benediction
In the Anglican church, the ceremony used to institute an abbot, analogous to the consecration of a bishop.
A Roman Catholic rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water and formally dedicated to God.
Help, good fortune or reward from God or another supernatural source.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English benediccion, from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictio, benedictionis, from benedictus (“blessed; well spoken of”). Doublet of benison.
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