See benediction in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"abbot"
],
[
"analogous",
"analogous"
],
[
"consecration",
"consecration"
],
[
"bishop",
"bishop"
]
],
"tags": [
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"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1945, Evelyn Waugh, chapter 5, in Brideshead Revisited […], 3rd edition, London: Chapman & Hall, →OCLC, book 1 (Et in Arcadia Ego), page 98:",
"text": "[He] later liked to attend benediction in the chapel at Brideshead and see the ladies of the family with their necks arched in devotion under their black lace mantillas; [...]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A Roman Catholic rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water and formally dedicated to God."
],
"links": [
[
"Roman Catholic",
"Roman Catholic"
],
[
"rite",
"rite"
],
[
"bell",
"bell"
],
[
"banner",
"banner"
],
[
"candle",
"candle"
],
[
"holy water",
"holy water"
],
[
"dedicate",
"dedicate"
],
[
"God",
"God"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act XIV, scene iv]:",
"text": "[…] they throng who should buy first, as if my trinkets had been hallowed and brought a benediction to the buyer:",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, part I:",
"text": "Homeward serenely she walked with God’s benediction upon her.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Help, good fortune or reward from God or another supernatural source."
],
"links": [
[
"Help",
"help"
],
[
"fortune",
"fortune"
],
[
"reward",
"reward"
],
[
"God",
"God"
],
[
"supernatural",
"supernatural"
],
[
"source",
"source"
]
],
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{
"word": "blessing"
},
{
"word": "grace"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌbɛnəˈdɪkʃən/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪkʃən"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "blagoslovija",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "благословия"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "požehnání"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"word": "avunpyyntö"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bénédiction"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"word": "benediko"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "beannacht"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"word": "benedizione"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "blagoslov",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "благослов"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"word": "benediccion"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "benediksjon"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "velsignelse"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "duʼâ",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"word": "دعا"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Säajen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "benedykcja"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "błogosławieństwo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bênção"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "binecuvântare"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "binecuvântări"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blagoslovénije",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "благослове́ние"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "maṅgaḷāśāsanamu",
"sense": "a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service",
"word": "మంగళాశాసనము"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"benediction"
],
"word": "benediction"
}
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