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 happiness., The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction., The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop., A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God.
Blessing; beatitude; benediction.
benediction
A magical word or phrase uttered to bring about evil.
The suffix for benediction is -ion.
Marriage is incomplete without Benediction. Priest spoke words of Benediction.
Here is a sentence with the word benediction," The service would feel incomplete without the priest's benediction." This refers to utterances f blessings to a congregation.
The monk gave a benediction to the elderly woman.
The prefix for benediction is bene-. This prefix means good for.
A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction.
A benediction is good wishes and a malediction is a curse.
There is usually a benediction at the end of our church service.
I am using a sentence with benediction in it right now! BAM