Meaning of blessing | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward
2. Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
3. A surname.
4. A pronouncement invoking divine aid
5. A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
6. A male given name of mainly African usage.
7. Good fortune
8. Good fortune.
9. A modern pagan ceremony
10. A modern pagan ceremony.
11. The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval
12. The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
13. Something someone is glad of.
14. A prayer before a meal; grace.
15. A group of unicorns.

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Examples

“Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, ⁠My blessing, like a line of light, ⁠Is on the waters day and night, And like a beacon guards thee home.”

“Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.”

“He was given blessings hoping he would pass his final exam.”

“We will not proceed without the executive director's blessing.”

“Jocasta had my blessing when she seduced you, you stuck-up piffler.”

“After two weeks of sun, last night's rainfall was a blessing.”

“And since we’re laying out our wishes, we’d also like a blessing of unicorns and one million dollars.”

“Then a blessing of unicorns charged into the studio, and I was carried away to be re-educated.”

“She just wants to talk to her friends on www.unicornwillsaveus.com or write in her journal or flump on her bedroom floor with her blessing of unicorns: her posters, figurines, stickers, temporary tattoos of anatomically correct unicorns.”

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