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benediction

A benediction is a religious blessing, or the state of having received such a blessing. (noun)

A Roman Catholic service in which the congregation is blessed with the Blessed Sacrament is an example of benediction.

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See benediction in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See benediction in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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