"of blessed memory" meaning in English

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        "3": "זיכרונו לברכה",
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          "ref": "1823, Walter Scott, Quentin Durward:",
          "text": "he used often to scold, and sometimes even to beat, my great-grandmother of blessed memory.",
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          "text": "It chanced to be the eve of St. Valentine's — that bishop of blessed memory to youthful lovers",
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          "word": "God rest his soul"
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          "roman": "erǰankahišatak",
          "sense": "honorific epithet",
          "word": "երջանկահիշատակ"
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          "word": "beatae memoriae"
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          "roman": "blažénnoj pámjati",
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  "word": "of blessed memory"
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