| 单词 | benison |
| 释义 | benison (once / 24883 pages) n If you say grace before a meal, you are saying a benison, or blessing. You can also be grateful for the benison of having your family around the table for a meal. The word benison shares the Latin root benedictio with the word benediction, a spoken blessing usually over a group, and with the word benefit, a non-religious word meaning good thing brought from something else. In Italy, if something is very good, they say "Bene!" Got the meaning of this word? Bene! WORD FAMILYbenison: benisons USAGE EXAMPLESNo voice replied, but Will had a feeling of benison. Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising(1973) "A Bit of a Tune" revisits Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" and its crack-of-dawn encounter with the moon, finding it "a benison and a boon". The Guardian(Sep 28, 2012) Benison, the first colonel mustered with the regiment, resigned and Col. Robbins, Edward Mott, Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865—Ch...(2012) n a spoken blessing Hyper benediction, blessing a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection |
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