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单词 benediction
释义 benediction
 /ben'i dik"sheuhn/,  n.  
  1. an utterance of good wishes.
  2. the form of blessing pronounced by an officiating minister, as at the close of divine service.
  3. a ceremony by which things are set aside for sacred uses, as a church, vestments, or bells.
  4. (usually cap.) Also called Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. a service consisting of prayers, at least one prescribed hymn, censing of the congregation and the Host, and a blessing of the congregation by moving in the form of a cross the ciborium or monstrance containing the Host.
  5. the advantage conferred by blessing; a mercy or benefit.
 [1400-50; late ME ( < MF) < L benediction- (s. of benedictio). See BENEDICTUS, -ION]
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