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benediction

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a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually at the end of worship service. It can also refer to a specific Christian religious service including the exposition of the eucharistic host in the monstrance and the blessing of the people with it.

From the earliest church, Christians adopted ceremonial benedictions into their liturgical worship, particularly at the end of a service. Such benedictions have been regularly practiced both in the Christian East and West.
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Judaism developed ritualised benedictions (Berachot) for use at the Temple of Jerusalem, and the home. These Berachot often took the form of a blessing upon the fulfillment of a mitzvah (divine commandment). The most important benediction was the Priestly Blessing pronounced by the kohanim (priests descended from Aaron), as found in Numbers 6:23-27

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THE sun rose upon a tranquil world, and beamed down upon the peaceful village like a benediction.

Mark Twain. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
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He called across a benediction, as is customary among travellers, and asked how far the road still was to the large town.

Hermann Hesse. Siddhartha (Translated by Hilda Rosner), p.50 (1951)
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"But can the trousseau and the benediction and all that—can it spoil my happiness? Nothing can spoil it!" He glanced at Kitty, and noticed that she was not in the least, not in the very least, disturbed by the idea of the trousseau. "Then it must be all right," he thought.

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina
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It had been the final thing before I'd left. The benediction.

Sue Monk Kidd. The Mermaid Chair, p.324 (2005)
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