Benediction Synonyms and Antonyms

bĕn'ĭ-dĭk'shən

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Synonyms for Benediction

blessing
Blessing is defined as God's favor, or a person's sanction or support, or something you ask God for, or something for which you are grateful.
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good wishes
the act of praying for divine protection
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praise
(Archaic) A reason or basis for praise
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amen
An instance of saying ‘amen’.
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sanctification
The process of making holy; hallowing, consecration.
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approval
An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.
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grace
(Theol.) The unmerited love and favor of God toward human beings
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gratitude
The state of being grateful; thankfulness.
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invocation
A conjuring of evil spirits
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prayer
A specially worded form used to address God, a god, or another object of worship.
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thanks
Grateful feelings or thoughts; gratitude:
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thanksgiving
An expression of this; esp., a formal, often public, expression of thanks to God in the form of a prayer, etc.
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Antonyms for Benediction

execration
Something that is cursed or loathed.
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anathema
The excommunication often accompanying or following this condemnation
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Words Related to Benediction

grateful
A short prayer said at meals
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religion
The belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god or gods.
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eucharist
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solemnity
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matins
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compline
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sacrament
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maundy-thursday
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vespers
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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.

  • But though by some the benediction has thus been brought into connexion with the supreme means of grace, the sacrifice of the Mass, the blessing does not in itself confer grace and does not act on its recipients ex opere operato.

  • 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.

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