benediction

noun

ˌbe-nə-ˈdik-shən How to pronounce benediction (audio)
Definition of benedictionnext
1
as in blessing
a prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor the priest offered a benediction for the missing children

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2
as in benefit
something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing the library's silence was a welcome benediction to someone, like me, who needed to concentrate

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Recent Examples of benediction After the address, there will be benedictions by Rabbi Ari Berman, Imam Husham al Husainy, Senior Pastor Lorenzo Sewell and Reverend Father Frank Mann. — Graham Kates, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2025 Even the pastor who delivered the benediction at Trump’s inauguration, Lorenzo Sewell, launched a memecoin called $LORENZO in an attempt to cash in. — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 President Donald Trump’s inaugural benediction on the federal holiday that celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. included an homage to the civil rights leader’s legacy. — Matt Brown, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025 He was followed by a bar joke’s worth of benedictions—from a rabbi, a Catholic priest, and a Black evangelical pastor. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for benediction
Recent Examples of Synonyms for benediction
  1. blessing
  2. benefit
  3. prayer
  4. boon
  5. gift
Noun
  • There's so much going on, so many blessings, so many great things.
    — Jen Juneau, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • One small blessing is that the feed doesn't show the payment amount.
    — PCMAG, PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of blessing
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  • The benefit of an extended early access period means that developer Pocketpair can respond to fan feedback and implement things that players really want, and the latest update for the game is full of this.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • These developments are mainly having benefits in terms of augmenting the existing labor force rather than trying to reduce the head count.
    — Steven Savage, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of benefit
Noun
  • First was a simple message on X: two prayer hands emojis.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Father Tony Marti from St. Francis High School in La Canada, where Stephan is a basketball player, had called earlier to offer prayers.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of prayer
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  • Analyst Andrew Boone noted that Duolingo’s Max subscriptions could be a boon for the stock moving forward, and also cited an attractive valuation as a bullish catalyst.
    — Brian Evans, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Given the growing strength of Netflix and Amazon in Germany, the law could be a boon to German producers.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of boon
Noun
  • Feedback is a gift (even when someone shouts it at you).
    — Forrester, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • But those hugs can be an invaluable gift that helps kids feel more secure.
    — Vicky Hallett, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025
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