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A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).

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benediction

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Source Word

benediction

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌbɛnəˈdɪkʃən/

Noun

countable uncountable

Japanese Meaning

祝福の祈り / 神の導きや加護を願う短い祈祷

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After the service, the pastor offered a quiet benediction that seemed to settle everyone's hearts.

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礼拝の後、牧師は静かな祝福の祈りを捧げ、それが皆の心を落ち着かせたように感じられた。

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to pronounce / give / say the benediction; the nuptial benediction; a parting benediction

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In the Anglican church, the ceremony used to institute an abbot, analogous to the consecration of a bishop.

What Consecration is to a Bishop, that Benediction is to an Abbot; but in a different way: For a Bishop is not properly such till Consecration; but an Abbot being elected and confirm’d, is properly such before Benediction.

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[He] later liked to attend benediction in the chapel at Brideshead and see the ladies of the family with their necks arched in devotion under their black lace mantillas; …

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