blessing

blessing
Synonyms and related words:
Godspeed, OK, acceptance, accord, acquiescence, act of grace, act of kindness, adherence, admiration, advantage, affirmation, affirmative, affirmative voice, agreement, approbation, approval, assent, asset, avail, aye, beatification, beatitude, behalf, behoof, benedicite, benediction, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, benignity, benison, best wishes, blessedness, boon, bounty, break, canonization, compliance, compliment, congratulation, connivance, consecration, consent, countenance, courtesy, dedication, devotion, eagerness, endorsement, enshrinement, esteem, exaltation, favor, favorable vote, felicitation, felicity, fluke, fortunateness, fortune, gain, gift, glorification, godsend, good, good deed, good fortune, good luck, good offices, good turn, good wishes, grace, gratulation, hallowing, happy fortune, help, interest, invocation, justification, justification by works, kind deed, kind offices, kindly act, kindness, labor of love, loaves and fishes, luck, luckiness, lucky break, lucky strike, manna, manna from heaven, mercy, mitzvah, nod, obligation, office, okay, permission, prayer, profit, promptitude, promptness, purification, ratification, readiness, respect, run of luck, sainthood, sainting, sanctification, sanction, seal of approval, service, setting apart, smiles of fortune, stamp of approval, state of grace, streak of luck, stroke of luck, submission, thanks, thanksgiving, the breaks, turn, ungrudgingness, unloathness, unreluctance, valediction, voice, vote, welfare, well-being, willingness, world of good, yea, yea vote

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  • Blessing — • Aspects discussed are, I. Antiquity; II. Minister; III. Objects; IV. Efficacy; and V. Rite employed in administering Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Blessing     Blessing      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Blessing — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Karl Blessing (Bankier) (1900–1971), deutscher Bankier, Präsident der Deutschen Bundesbank Karl Blessing (Verleger) (1941–2005), deutscher Verleger Karlheinz Blessing (* 1957), deutscher Politiker und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • blessing — ► NOUN 1) God s favour and protection. 2) a prayer asking for blessing. 3) a beneficial thing for which one is grateful. 4) a person s sanction or support. ● a blessing in disguise Cf. ↑a blessing in disguise …   English terms dictionary

  • Blessing — Blessing, TX U.S. Census Designated Place in Texas Population (2000): 861 Housing Units (2000): 334 Land area (2000): 2.031646 sq. miles (5.261940 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.031646 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Blessing, TX — U.S. Census Designated Place in Texas Population (2000): 861 Housing Units (2000): 334 Land area (2000): 2.031646 sq. miles (5.261940 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.031646 sq. miles (5.261940… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • blessing — [n1] sanctification absolution, benedicite, benediction, benison, commendation, consecration, dedication, divine sanction, grace, invocation, laying on of hands, thanks, thanksgiving; concept 367 Ant. blight, condemnation, curse, damnification,… …   New thesaurus

  • Blessing — Bless ing, n. [AS. bletsung. See {Bless}, v. t.] 1. The act of one who blesses. [1913 Webster] 2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blessing — O.E. bletsunga, bledsunge; see BLESS (Cf. bless). Meaning gift from God is from mid 14c. In sense of religious invocation before a meal it is recorded from 1738. Phrase blessing in disguise is recorded from 1746 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Blessing F.C. — Blessing F.C. is a football club in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaire08.html] They play in the Linafoot, the top level of professional football in DR Congo. [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaire08.html] …   Wikipedia

  • blessing — index laudation, permission Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • blessing — [bles′iŋ] n. 1. the act or prayer of one who blesses; invocation or benediction 2. a grace said before or after eating 3. the gift of divine favor 4. good wishes or approval 5. anything that gives happiness or prevents misfortune; special benefit …   English World dictionary

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