blessed

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ADJ.

good, meek, public, pure

She felt blessed to have such good friends who supported her through difficult times.

VERB + BLESSED

am

I am blessed to have such supportive friends and family in my life.

BLESSED + NOUN

children, congregation, creator, everything, health, marriage, riches, sons

The priest blessed the marriage of two childhood friends last Saturday.

PREP.

in, than, with

We felt blessed with good health and supportive friends throughout our lives.

ADV.

greatly, newly

We felt greatly blessed to have found such a wonderful home for our family.

Definitions

adj

1

Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

2

A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.

3

Held in veneration; revered.

‘My blessed Public must have a pretty girl’s face. Romance isn’t romance, adventure is as dull as dishwater...to my Public...unless, every so often, a face to sink a thousand ships, or is it saps? shows up.’

4

Worthy of worship; holy.

5

Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.

I know—for Death, who comes for me From regions of the blest afar, Where there is nothing to deceive, Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]

name

1

A surname.

adj

1

An epithet indicating that a person has been beatified.

2

Alternative letter-case form of blessed used when referring to an important figure, such as God, or to an important item or event.

This emendation is echoed in Thekla's reunion with Paul outside the city, where she offers the following prayer of thanksgiving: God, King and Blessed Creator of everything, and Father of your great and only begotten Child, I give you thanks.

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adjective — expletives used informally as intensifiers

adjective — highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)

blest

adjective — Roman Catholic

beatified

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Idioms & Phrases

blessed event

The birth of a baby.

Alexander Loudon, Netherlands Minister to the U.S., when asked if the blessed event was in prospect, hedged: "A royal child born on the soil of freedom-loving America would be both

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Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

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‘My blessed Public must have a pretty girl’s face. Romance isn’t romance, adventure is as dull as dishwater...to my Public...unless, every so often, a face to sink a thousand ships, or is it saps? sho

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I know—for Death, who comes for me From regions of the blest afar, Where there is nothing to deceive, Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]

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This emendation is echoed in Thekla's reunion with Paul outside the city, where she offers the following prayer of thanksgiving: God, King and Blessed Creator of everything, and Father of your great a

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I am blessed if I know it.

Tatoeba · #41567

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That's a blessed lie.

Tatoeba · #51262

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