as in blessings
a prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor
during the harbor festival the parish priest offered a benison for the local fishermen
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Noun
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Spiritually, the Harvest Moon offers celebration, abundance, and blessings.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
3 Oct. 2025 -
Rayne means blessings and Queen.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Signs near the site on Saturday asked for prayers for the families, according to The Associated Press.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Her pregame prayers would start as fairly standard and expected.—
Elise Devlin,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Supreme Court only grants about 1% of petitions, so the odds are long.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Hoping to distance herself from the grief and guilt, the workaholic petitions her editor (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) to be assigned to a lighter beat, reporting on the maiden voyage of the luxury yacht the Aurora Borealis.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Benisons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benisons. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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