blessing

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bless·ing | \ ˈble-siŋ

Definition of blessing

1a : the act or words of one that blesses say the blessing over the wine a priestly blessing

b : approval, encouragement asked her parents for their blessing before he proposed

2 : a thing conducive to happiness or welfare My daughter is a blessing to me in my old age. Their absence turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Count your blessings.

3 : grace (see grace entry 1 sense 5) said at a meal said the blessing before dinner

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Examples of blessing in a Sentence

Presumably he was acting with the government's blessing. They got married without their parents' blessing. We asked the Lord's blessing on us and on our project. He said a blessing before the meal.

Recent Examples on the Web And may your remarkable memory always be a blessing. — David Axelrod, CNN, 29 Dec. 2021 Having certain brands step up—Gallo and Constellation Brands—has been a blessing. — John Kell, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2021 The postage stamp has been a blessing — a time to reflect on my grandmother’s life and talk to my parents about their memories. — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2021 Hardnett pulled the lineman into his arms and told him that Perry’s transfer was a blessing. — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 2 Dec. 2021 Hall hoped to win commissioners’ blessing at Tuesday’s meeting. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2021 People who have stillborn children, or the latter circumstance, can ask for a name and a blessing. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Dec. 2021 The killers were associates who acted without Al’s blessing. — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021 After a blessing from the medicine man and a briefing for his elf recruits, this Secret Santa, an anonymous businessman, set out to give away $30,000 in $100 bills to random strangers on the San Carlos Apache Tribal Lands. — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2021

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