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   ben·e·dic·tion

   /ˌbenəˈdikSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. the utterance or bestowing of a blessing, especially at the end of a religious service: "he said the benediction"
   • ▪ a service in which the congregation is blessed with the Blessed Sacrament, held mainly in the Roman Catholic Church: "she went with Maureen to Benediction"
   • ▪ devout or formal invocation of blessedness: "her arms outstretched in benediction" Similar blessingprayerinvocationdedicationgracethanksgivingthanksarchaic:orison
   • ▪ the state of being blessed: "he eventually wins benediction" Similar blessednessbeatitudeblissgracefavor

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin benedictio(n-), from benedicere ‘wish well, bless’, from bene ‘well’ + dicere ‘say’.

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