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blessed definition

blessed (for 1-2, blest, also bles′id; for 3-5, bles′id, also blest)

adjective

  1. holy; sacred; consecrated
  2. enjoying great happiness; blissful
  3. of or in eternal bliss; a title applied to a person who has been beatified
  4. bringing comfort or joy
  5. confounded; cursed: an intensive

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blessed Idioms

the blessed

(for 1, blest or bles′id; for 2, bles′id, also blest)
  1. people who are blessed
  2. Theol. those dead whose souls are in heaven

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blessed Synonyms

blessed

modif.

  1. Joyful

    joyous, glad, content, blissful; see happy 1.

  2. Marked by God's favor, especially in heaven

    saved, redeemed, glorified, translated, exalted, rewarded, resurrected, enthroned among the angels, sanctified, glorious, beatified, holy, spiritual, religious.

    Antonyms lost, doomed*, accursed. *

  3. Consecrated

    sacred, dedicated, sanctified, holy; see divine 2.

  4. Fortunate

    favored, graced, lucky; see fortunate 1.

  5. *Damned

    confounded*, blamed*, blasted*, darned*; see damned 2.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

blessed Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • sacrament: The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament " To speak of the Blessed Sacrament is to speak of what is most sacred.
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blessed quotes

Human good turns out to be activity of soul exhibiting excellence, and if there is more than one sort of excellence, in accordance with the best and most complete.Foroneswallowdoesnot makea summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

-Aristotle

Mr Wickham isblessedwith suchhappymanners asmay ensure his making friendsöwhether he may be equally capable of retaining them, is less certain.

-Austen,Jane

Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the L gave, and the L hath taken away; blessed be the name of the L.

-Bible (Old Testament)

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