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benediction

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin benedictio, benedictionis, from benedictus (blessed; well spoken of). Doublet of benison.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b?n??d?k??n/
  • Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

benediction (countable and uncountable, plural benedictions)

  1. A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).
    Synonym: blessing
    • c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act IV, Scene 7,[1]
      O, look upon me, sir,
      And hold your hands in benediction o’er me.
    • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 7, lines 1281-1282,[2]
      So saying, he [the angel] arose; whom Adam thus
      Follow’d with benediction.
    • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, London: for the author, Volume 4, Letter 50, p. 290,[3]
      My pen (its last scrawl a benediction on my beloved) dropt from my fingers;
    • 1876, George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, Book 4, Chapter 34,[4]
      Cohen kept on his own hat, and took no notice of the visitor, but stood still while the two children went up to him and clasped his knees: then he laid his hands on each in turn and uttered his Hebrew benediction; whereupon the wife, who had lately taken baby from the cradle, brought it up to her husband and held it under his outstretched hands, to be blessed in its sleep.
    • 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Penguin, 1992, Part 2, Chapter 6, p. 537,[5]
      Long brahminical hairs sprouted out of his ears, and he drew further attention to himself by closing his eyes, neatly shaking away tears, putting a hand on Owad’s head and speaking a Hindi benediction.
  2. In the Anglican church, the ceremony used to institute an abbot, analogous to the consecration of a bishop.
    • 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon juris canonici anglicani: or, A commentary, by way of supplement to the canons and constitutions of the Church of England, London: for the author, “Of Abbots, Priors, Abbies, Priories, &c.,” p. 13,[6]
      What Consecration is to a Bishop, that Benediction is to an Abbot; but in a different way: For a Bishop is not properly such till Consecration; but an Abbot being elected and confirm’d, is properly such before Benediction.
  3. A Roman Catholic rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water and formally dedicated to God.
  4. Help, good fortune or reward from God or another supernatural source.
    Synonyms: blessing, grace
    • c. 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, Act 14, Scene 4,[7]
      [] they throng who should buy first, as if my trinkets had been hallowed and brought a benediction to the buyer:
    • 1847, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, Part I,[8]
      Homeward serenely she walked with God’s benediction upon her.

Antonyms

  • malediction

Related terms

  • benedictional
  • benedictionary
  • benedictive
  • benedictory

Translations

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admiration

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French admiration, or directly from Latin adm?r?ti?, from prefix ad- (to, towards) + m?r? (I look at) + -?ti?. Compare the verb admire, and US dialectal terms miration and mirate.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?æd.m??e??.?n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

admiration (countable and uncountable, plural admirations)

  1. A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 2, Book 7, Chapter 1, pp. 4-5,[1]
      For in this Instance, Life most exactly resembles the Stage, since it is often the same Person who represents the Villain and the Heroe; and he who engages your Admiration To-day, will probably attract your Contempt To-Morrow.
    • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Volume 1, Chapter 6,[2]
      A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
    • 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, New York: Harcout Brace Jovanovich, 1974, Chapter 3, p. 40,[3]
      Dr. Veraswami had a passionate admiration for the English, which a thousand snubs from Englishmen had not shaken.
    • 1939, John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath, Penguin, 1951, Chapter 19, p. 257,[4]
      [] in the towns, the storekeepers hated them because they had no money to spend. There is no shorter path to a storekeeper’s contempt, and all his admirations are exactly opposite. The town men, little bankers, hated Okies because there was nothing to gain from them.
  2. (obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
    • c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act I, Scene 4,[5]
      Lear. Your name, fair gentlewoman?
      Goneril. This admiration, sir, is much o’ th’ savour
      Of other your new pranks.
    • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Revelation 17:6,[6]
      And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
    • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 3, lines 270-272,[7]
      [] Admiration seized
      All Heaven, what this might mean, and whither tend,
      Wondering;
  3. (obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
    • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 1,[8]
      Now, good Lafeu,
      Bring in the admiration; that we with thee
      May spend our wonder too, or take off thine
      By wondering how thou took’st it.

Synonyms

  • (positive emotion including wonder and approbation): approval, appreciation, adoration, reverence, wonder, worship

Derived terms

  • see admire

Translations


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admiratio, admirationem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ad.mi.?a.sj??/

Noun

admiration f (plural admirations)

  1. admiration
    Plein d’admiration pour son adversaire, chacun lève sa propre visière : "Elsseneur ! ...", "Réginald ! ..." (Les Chants de Maldoror - Chant V) - Full of admiration for his enemy, ...

Further reading

  • “admiration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Scots

Noun

admiration (plural admirations)

  1. admiration

References

  • Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online

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