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Definitions for Benediction
[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.
[6] an invocation of divine blessing, esp at the end of a Christian religious ceremony
[7] a Roman Catholic service in which the congregation is blessed with the sacrament
[8] the state of being blessed
Words related to Benediction
invocation, gratitude, okay, amen, blessing, beatitude, thanksgiving, orison, favor, consecration, approbation, thanks, praise, approval, grace, benison, sanctification, benedictus
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Origin of Benediction
1400–50; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin benedictiōn- (stem of benedictiō ). See Benedictus, -ion
Other words from Benediction
pre·ben·e·dic·tion , noun
Word origin for Benediction
C15: from Latin benedictio , from benedīcere to bless; see benedicite
Synonyms for Benediction
invocation, amen, approbation, approval, beatitude, benison, blessing, consecration, favor, grace, gratitude, okay, orison, praise, sanctification, thanks, thanksgiving, benedictus, laying on of hands