benedightadj.
Obsolete or archaic.
Blessed.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [adjective]
hallowedc900
holyc1000
blessedc1200
blissfula1225
seelya1225
yblessed1297
sacred13..
saint1377
devoutc1380
divinec1380
consecratec1386
dedicatec1386
benedighta1400
happyc1405
sillya1450
sacrate?a1475
sanctificatec1485
sacrificed?1504
sacrea1535
religious1549
vowed1585
anointed1595
devote1597
devoted1597
consecrated1599
sacrosanct1601
sanctimonious1604
sanctified1607
dedicated1609
divined1624
sacrosanctious1629
reverend1631
celebrate1632
divinified1633
sacrosanctified1693
sanctimonial1721
sacramental1851
divinized1852
sacral1882
sanct1890
sanctifiable1894
sacramented1914
hierophanic1927
kramat1947
sacralized1979
society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > blessing > [adjective] > blessed
blessedc1200
benedighta1400
priested1603
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18705 Bot þa men sal be benedight Sal trou in me wit-vten sight.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xii. 117 For ferde we be fryght, A crosse lett vs kest—Cryst-crosse, benedyght.
a1882 H. W. Longfellow Cross of Snow in Ballads, Lyrics & Sonn. (1889) 200 Nor can in books be read The legend of a life more benedight.
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