blessings

[blessĀ·ing]

A blessing is a prayer asking for God's protection, or a little gift from the heavens. It's also any act of approving, like when your roommate wants to move out and you give her your blessings.

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The act of one who blesses.

Noun
the act of praying for divine protection

Noun
the formal act of giving approval; "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person"

Noun
a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection

Noun
a short prayer of thanks before a meal

Noun
a desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors"

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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Bless

v. t.
The act of one who blesses.

v. t.
A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.

v. t.
A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and welfare; a beneficent gift.

v. t.
A gift.

v. t.
Grateful praise or worship.


Blessing

Bless"ing, n. [AS. bletsung. See Bless, v. t.] 1. The act of one who blesses. 2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.
This is the blessing, where with Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel.
3. A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and welfare; a beneficent gift.
Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed.
4. (Bib.) A gift. [A Hebraism] Gen. xxxiii. 11. 5. Grateful praise or worship.

The act of one who blesses.

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Usage Examples

A man filled with the love of God is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.

I know that my grandfather is 92 years old. And he has seen this country evolve in amazing ways. He looks at South Carolina and he says, wow, what an amazing state that we have the blessing to live within because of the evolution.

Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.

Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative.

How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.

Friendship's the privilege of private men for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.

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Other Usage Examples

I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great blessing.

Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?

I hope that it can relate to and be a blessing to anybody, with the hope that someday they will find Jesus Christ to be the same God that I've found Him to be.

Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

I am so blessed. I've been way over-blessed. At 64 years old, I look forward to going to bed every night so I can wake up in the morning and see what blessing is going to come my way that day. Because you never, ever know what God's got in store for you.

Do you know what a blessing it is to make movies that make people happy?

Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.

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