blessing
blessing is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces. This is the blessing, where with Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel. Deut. xxxiii.
- 2.3. A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and welfare; a beneficent gift. Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed. Milton.
- 3.(Bib.) A gift. [A Hebraism] Gen. xxxiii.
- 4.5. Grateful praise or worship.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- advantage
- all
- aright
- behalf
- behoof
- beneficial
- benefit
- best
- boon
- boot
- chance
- commendable
- common
- consummation
- devoutly
- far
- favor
- for
- fortune
- gain
- gift
- giving
- godsend
- good
- goodness
- happiness
- harvest
- improvement
- interest
- luck
- magnum
- main
- not
- piece
- pleasure
- prize
- profit
- prosperity
- remedy
- service
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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