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blessing, present participle; blesses, 3rd person singular present; blessed, past tense; blessed, past participle;
  1. (of a priest) Pronounce words in a religious rite, to confer or invoke divine favor upon; ask God to look favorably on
    • - he blessed the dying man and anointed him
  2. Consecrate (something) by a religious rite, action, or spoken formula

  3. (esp. in Christian Church services) Call (God) holy; praise (God)

  4. (of God or some notional higher power) Endow (someone) with a particular cherished thing or attribute
    • - God has blessed us with free will
  5. Express or feel gratitude to; thank
    • - she silently blessed the premonition which had made her pack her best dress
  6. Make the Christian gesture of the sign of the cross
    • - the poor parson, blessing himself, brought up the rear
  7. Used in expressions of surprise, endearment, gratitude, etc
    • - bless my soul, Alan, what are you doing?
    • - Lenore, bless her heart, had done just that
  1. give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"
  2. confer prosperity or happiness on
  3. make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
  4. consecrate: render holy by means of religious rites
  5. (blessed) highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income"
  6. (blessed) blasted: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot" ...
  7. Bubbles is a Swedish girl group, also known as BLESS. The group's original lineup consisted of lead singer Mari Caroline Ljungström (born June 26, 1987), twin sisters Patricia and Sandra Joxelius (born April 7, 1987), Jenny (Yenny) Andersén (born October 10, 1988), and Hannah Steffenburg (born ...
  8. Bless is the third studio album by Swedish girlband Bubbles,
  9. Bless (born February 10, 1983, as Ben Rinehart) is a hip-hop artist from Montreal, Canada.
  10. "Bless" is the thirty-sixth single by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on January 27, 2010, and was used as the theme song to the NHK 2010 Vancover Olympics. Bless reached number 2 on the Oricon singles chart, selling 80,859 copies during the first week.
  11. (Blessed (2008 film)) Blessed is a British drama film released on 24 October 2008 that was written and directed by Mark Aldridge. It's cast included well-known actors James Nesbitt, Natascha McElhone and Gary Lewis, as well as young Lillian Woods. ...
  12. (Blessed (2009 film)) Blessed is a 2009 drama film. It was released in Australia on 10 September 2009. It stars Miranda Otto and Frances O'Connor. It is a film adaptation of the play Who's Afraid of the Working Class?.
  13. To make something blessed, to confer blessing upon; Used as an expression of endearment, or (ironically) belittlement
  14. (blessed) Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing; In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs; Held in veneration; revered; Worthy of worship; holy
  15. (blessing) some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward; a pronouncement invoking divine aid; good fortune; a modern pagan ceremony; the act of declaring, seeking or bestowing favor; approval; a thing one is glad of; a prayer before a meal; grace; a group of unicorns
  16. (Blessed) A capella choir. 2002. Ms
  17. (Blessed) A feeling of personal well-being, especially as connected with a casual religious experience or a religious interpretation of everyday experiences. In the Catholic Church, "blessed" refers to someone who has been beatified.
  18. (Blessed) Title given to a deceased person who has reached the next-to-last step in canonization by living a holy life and performing one miracle. See Canonization of Saints.
  19. A Blessed Elrue, Lix or Xir; has a decreased probability of item breakage during enhancement compared with a stone that is not Blessed.
  20. (Blessing) ‘Jin gyi lab pa’ in Tibetan. The transformation of our mind from a negative state to a positive state, from an unhappy state to a happy state, or from a state of weakness to a state of strength, through the inspiration of holy beings such as our Spiritual Guide, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas.
  21. (Blessing) A prayer beginning with the phrase "barukh atah..." (blessed art Thou...). See Prayers and Blessings; Common Prayers and Blessings.
  22. (blessing) A provident circumstance or gift from God. For other specific uses, see baby blessing, patriarchal blessing, and priesthood blessing.
  23. (Blessing) Refers either to any blessing from God such as health, salvation, etc., or to a pronouncement of promises, spiritual guidance, and blessings given by the power of the priesthood to people seeking comfort or guidance such as comfort in times of stress or ill health. ...
  24. (BLESSING) (Gr. evlogia): The closing blessing offered by a clergyman at the end of a service or other activity. Blessings were given by Christ (Luke 24:50–51) and by the Apostles (II Corinthians 13:14), and are given by the bishop or priest at the close of every Divine Liturgy.
  25. (BLESSING) The act of conferring energy upon a person or object so as to do good.