BENEDICTION meaning: Blessing given at service's end

We found 30 dictionaries that define the word benediction:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

benediction: Merriam-Webster
Benediction, benediction: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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benediction: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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benediction: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Benediction, benediction: Dictionary.com
benediction: Online Etymology Dictionary
benediction: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Benediction (Angel), Benediction (band), Benediction (disambiguation), Benediction (short story), Benediction: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Benediction: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
benediction: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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benediction: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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benediction: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Religion (1 matching dictionary)

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Benediction: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).
▸ noun:  In the Anglican church, the ceremony used to institute an abbot, analogous to the consecration of a bishop.
▸ noun:  A Roman Catholic rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water and formally dedicated to God.
▸ noun:  Help, good fortune or reward from God or another supernatural source.

Opposite:

malediction, curse, damnation

Types:

eulogy, homily, sermon, more...

Phrases:

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, Hand of benediction, opposite of benediction, more...

Adjectives:

apostolic, solemn, final, priestly, divine, papal, last, heavenly, special, paternal, perpetual

Colors:

gold, white, silver, lavender, sky blue, more...

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