| 单词 | benediction |
| 释义 | benediction /ben'i dik"sheuhn/, n. 1. an utterance of good wishes. 2. the form of blessing pronounced by an officiating minister, as at the close of divine service. 3. a ceremony by which things are set aside for sacred uses, as a church, vestments, or bells. 4. (usually cap.) Also called Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. a service consisting of prayers, at least one prescribed hymn, censing of the congregation and the Host, and a blessing of the congregation by moving in the form of a cross the ciborium or monstrance containing the Host. 5. the advantage conferred by blessing; a mercy or benefit. [1400-50; late ME ( < MF) < L benediction- (s. of benedictio). See BENEDICTUS, -ION] |
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