Definition for Benediction:

• ben-e-dik'shun, n. a solemn invocation of the divine blessing on men or things-- a priestly benediction is defined by Romanists as a formula of imperative prayer which transmits a certain grace or virtue to the object over which it is pronounced: a brief and popular service in the Romish Church, consisting of certain canticles and antiphons sung in presence of the host, and concluding with the priest making the sign of the cross over the people with the monstrance, and giving in silence the benediction of the most holy sacrament.-- adj. BENEDICT'ORY.-- n. BENEDICT'US, the canticle of Zacharias ( Luke, i. 68-79), used in the Roman service of matin-lauds, and occurring after the second lesson in Anglican matins.-- p.adj. BENEDIGHT' ( Longfellow), blessed.-- APOSTOLIC BENEDICTION, that given in 2 Cor. xiii. 14.

Synonyms for Benediction:

• n.

  •
  • baptise,
  • anthem,
  • celebrate,
  • baptize,
  • good wishes.
  •
  • grateful.
  •act (noun)
  • benediction.
  •agreement (noun)
  • okay.
  •benefit (noun)
  • gravy,
  • egg in one's beer.
  •blessing (noun)
  • benedicites,
  • divine sanctions,
  • in vocations,
  • good fortunes,
  • laying of hands,
  • stroke luck,
  • in-vocation,
  • in vocation,
  • laying hands,
  • laying on hands,
  • in-vocations.
  •closing prayer (noun)
  • gratitude,
  • approbation,
  • laying on of hands,
  • beatitude,
  • Benedictus,
  • approval,
  • sanctification,
  • consecration.
  •favor (noun)
  • pre-sent,
  • re spects,
  • re-spects,
  • re-gard,
  • re gards,
  • co operations,
  • pre-sents,
  • obligements,
  • re-spect,
  • re spect,
  • co operation,
  • pre sent.
  •good (noun)
  • plum,
  • wellbeing.
  •prayer (noun)
  • beseechings,
  • re quests,
  • beggings,
  • re-quests,
  • answer adorations,
  • implorings.
  •thanks (noun)
  • re cognition,
  • gramercies,
  • re-cognition,
  • re cognitions,
  • thank you notes.
  •worship (noun)
  • church service,
  • beatifications,
  • beatification,
  • deification.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • litany,
  • the Lord's Prayer,
  • pray,
  • liturgy,
  • morning prayer,
  • christening,
  • baptism,
  • holy communion,
  • matins,
  • Hail Mary,
  • call down,
  • catechism,
  • holy orders,
  • high mass,
  • vespers,
  • Our Father,
  • amen,
  • evensong,
  • the Book of Common Prayer,
  • last rites,
  • revival meeting,
  • consecrate,
  • invocation,
  • offertory.
  •
  • praise,
  • rosary,
  • the Eucharist,
  • sacrament,
  • requiem,
  • immersion,
  • redeem,
  • meeting,
  • sermon,
  • revival,
  • communion,
  • offering.
  •
  • confirm,
  • witness,
  • christen,
  • confirmation.
  •
  • lesson,
  • save.
  •
  • mass.
  •
  • order,
  • sponsor.

Antonyms for Benediction:

• n.

  • closing prayer
    criticism, disapproval, disfavor, execration, condemnation, refusal, anathema.
  • Other antonyms:
    hex, pest, bother, trial, tribulation, hoodoo, misery, evil, cross, irritant, nuisance, disadvantage, affliction, scourge, plague, bane, jinx.

Benediction Sentence Examples:

• The colonel waved his faultless hands and then dropped them back upon the book with the tenderness of a benediction.

• When the benediction was pronounced, Mr. Duffeld marched swiftly away; the tall Governor strode after him, and the prisoners filed in silence through the doorway back to their cells.

Hypernym for Benediction:

• n.

  • communication
    benison.

Hyponym for Benediction:

• n.

  • act
    prayer, supplication.
  • communication
    orison, prayer, petition.