Definitions for benediction

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benediction ben·e·dic·tion

Spelling: [ben-i-dik-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌbɛn ɪˈdɪk ʃən/

Benediction is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 457 anagrams from letters in benediction (bcdeeiinnot).

Definitions for benediction

noun

1. an utterance of good wishes.
2. the form of blessing pronounced by an officiating minister, as at the close of divine service.
3. a ceremony by which things are set aside for sacred uses, as a church, vestments, or bells.
4. (usually initial capital letter). Also called Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. a service consisting of prayers, at least one prescribed hymn, censing of the congregation and the Host, and a blessing of the congregation by moving in the form of a cross the ciborium or monstrance containing the Host.
5. the advantage conferred by blessing; a mercy or benefit.

Origin of benediction

1400-50; late Middle English (Middle French) Latin benedictiōn- (stem of benedictiō). See Benedictus, -ion

Examples for benediction

The signal was then given to us, and we all knelt to receive the benediction of Monseigneur.

The resulting pictures of Angelina, dipping her head as she receives the Sovereign's benediction, have gone around the world.

A benediction spread over us with the farewell of the evening.

Then I escaped before the blessing, desiring no benediction at such hands.

And, with additions, the nephew repeated the benediction of the uncle.

Where their benediction fell, their flocks were sure to go—or that was the idea.

After the benediction came one of the saddest moments of the day.

To some of the services—to benediction for instance—the public is not admitted.

Even so, there was a mystical note missing until they brought on the 87-year-old Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery for the benediction.

Why do politicians and policy-makers need the benediction of celebrity to do their jobs?