blissing

Noun

blessing (plural blessings)

1. Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
   • Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam,
     ⁠My blessing, like a line of light,
     ⁠Is on the waters day and night,
     And like a beacon guards thee home.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 28
2. A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
   • Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
3. Good fortune.
   • He was given blessings hoping he would pass his final exam.
4. A modern pagan ceremony.
5. The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
   • We will not proceed without the executive director's blessing.
6. Something someone is glad of.
   • After two weeks of sun, last night's rainfall was a blessing.

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