He who wants benediction shall make it with his own hands.
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Benediction
//ˌbɛnəˈdɪkʃən//
Synonyms for "benediction" (31 found)
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30 translations across 24 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- благаславе́нне noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Bulgarian
1 entries- благословия noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 祝福 noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Czech
1 entries- požehnání noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Finnish
1 entries- avunpyyntö noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
French
1 entries- bénédiction noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Hindi
2 entries- आशीर्वाद noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
- आशीष noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Ido
1 entries- benediko noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Irish
1 entries- beannacht noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Italian
1 entries- benedizione noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Lutuv
1 entries- thluechiypina noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Macedonian
1 entries- благослов noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Malay
1 entries- keberkatan noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Middle English
1 entries- benediccion noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- benediksjon noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
- velsignelse noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دعا noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Säajen noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Polish
2 entries- benedykcja noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
- błogosławieństwo noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Portuguese
1 entries- bênção noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Romanian
2 entries- binecuvântare noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
- binecuvântări noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Russian
1 entries- благослове́ние noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Spanish
3 entries- benedicamus noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
- benedictus noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
- benedícite noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Telugu
1 entries- మంగళాశాసనము noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Ukrainian
1 entries- благослове́ння noun (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service)
Sample sentences
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My worst trouble was getting away from home on the morning of starting. Mother and my sisters, of course, shed a few tears; but my father, stern and unbending in his manner, gave me his benediction in these words: "Thomas Moore, you're the third son to leave our roof, but your father's blessing goes with you. I left my own home beyond the sea before I was your age." And as they all stood at the gate, I climbed into my saddle and rode away, with a lump in my throat which left me speechless to reply.
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The silver scrolls, thought to date from the sixth century B.C., contain a version of a prayer called the Priestly Benediction, which Professor Zuckerman says is well known to Jews and Christians.
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to pronounce / give / say the benediction
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