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Definition of benison in English: benisonnoun ˈbɛnɪz(ə)nˈbɛnɪs(ə)n literary A blessing. the rewards and benisons of marriage Example sentencesExamples - We know that Ms. Lavenham is on the road to wisdom, however, when James tells us she is ‘already half aware that, while good looks and prettiness were benisons, beauty was a dangerous and less amenable gift.’
- He sees himself as the applied scientist who will bring the benisons of molecular biology to practical use.
- All of the time-consuming, head-cracking effort of an editor has relaxed and evened out, as though deftly pressed by some magic iron, and a benison has spread over the evening.
- It was a glorious morning, the impartial sun shining over everything with a kind of benison.
- What is benison for Chelsea inevitably turns out to be a curse on their peers.
Synonyms advantage, benefit, help, boon, good thing, godsend, favour, gift, convenience
Origin Middle English: from Old French beneiçun, from Latin benedictio (see benediction). Definition of benison in US English: benisonnoun literary A blessing. the rewards and benisons of marriage Example sentencesExamples - All of the time-consuming, head-cracking effort of an editor has relaxed and evened out, as though deftly pressed by some magic iron, and a benison has spread over the evening.
- We know that Ms. Lavenham is on the road to wisdom, however, when James tells us she is ‘already half aware that, while good looks and prettiness were benisons, beauty was a dangerous and less amenable gift.’
- It was a glorious morning, the impartial sun shining over everything with a kind of benison.
- What is benison for Chelsea inevitably turns out to be a curse on their peers.
- He sees himself as the applied scientist who will bring the benisons of molecular biology to practical use.
Synonyms advantage, benefit, help, boon, good thing, godsend, favour, gift, convenience
Origin Middle English: from Old French beneiçun, from Latin benedictio (see benediction). |