Benediction

имя существительное благословение Например: to give / offer / pronounce the benediction — дать благословение, благословить to pronounce a benediction over somebody — благословить кого-либо Синоним(ы): blessing

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Benediction

noun Etymology: Middle English benediccioun, from Late Latin benediction-, benedictio, from benedicere to bless, from Latin, to speak well of, from bene well (akin to Latin bonus good) + dicere to say — more at bounty, diction 1. the invocation of a blessing; especially the short blessing with which public worship is concluded 2. something that promotes goodness or well-being 3. often capitalized a Roman Catholic or Anglo-Catholic devotion including the exposition of the eucharistic Host in the monstrance and the blessing of the people with it 4. an expression of good wishes

Энциклопедический словарь Мерриама-Вебстера