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blessed
/blɛst/
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What does blessed mean?
adjective
- Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
- A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
- Held in veneration; revered.
More meanings (7)
adjective
- Worthy of worship; holy.
- Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.
- (informal) damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)
- An epithet indicating that a person has been beatified.
- Alternative letter-case form of blessed used when referring to an important figure, such as God, or to an important item or event.
verb
- simple past and past participle of bless
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/blɛst/
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“Why,” said the knight, “did you not tell me that this water was from the well of your blessed patron, St Dunstan?”
“Yes, you served me cruelly enough until I thought I had found someone fairer than you. A blessed find for me, Eustacia.”
More book examples (3)
Then the heavenly host gave a great shout, saying, "Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb."
When he met Ralph he blessed him, and Ralph gave him the sele of the day, and asked him whither he would.
He is blessed who is assured that the animal is dying out in him day by day, and the divine being established.