Benediction Synonyms and Antonyms

bĕnĭ-dĭkshən
Closing prayer
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. blessing
  2. sanctification
  3. good wishes
Antonyms:
  1. anathema
  2. execration
A short prayer said at meals
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. blessing
  2. grace
  3. thanks
  4. thanksgiving
  5. amen
  6. approval
  7. gratitude
  8. invocation
  9. praise
  10. prayer
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Words Related to Benediction

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. grateful
  2. religion
  3. eucharist
  4. matins
  5. compline
  6. vespers
  7. sacrament
  8. maundy-thursday

Benediction Sentence Examples

  • Her hands were by her sides, turned out, as if offering benediction for what she had done, as if to say, peace at last.

  • The priest ties the cord around the waist as he pronounces the benediction upon the child, throwing upon his head at each sentence slices of fruit, seeds, perfumes and spices.

  • He held up his arms as if giving benediction.

  • Facing the castle, on the western side of the pill, stand the considerable remains of Monkton Priory, a Benediction house founded by Earl William Marshal as a cell to the abbey of Seez or Sayes in Normandy, but under Henry VI.

  • It was Alexander II., the former pupil of Lanfranc, who gave the Norman Conquest the papal benediction - a notable advantage to William at the moment, but subsequently the cause of serious embarrassments.

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