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Webster 1913 Edition
Blessed
Bless′ed
(blĕs′ĕd)
, Adj.
1.
Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy.
O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode,
And lay it lowly at his
And lay it lowly at his
blessed
feet. Milton.
2.
Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored.
All generations shall call me
blessed
. Luke i. 48.
Towards England’s
blessed
shore. Shakespeare
3.
Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful.
“Then was a blessed time.” “So blessed a disposition.” Shak.
4.
Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity;
as, the
. blessed
in heavenReverenced like a
blessed
saint. Shakespeare
Cast out from God and
blessed
vision. Milton.
5.
(R. C. Ch.)
Beatified.
6.
Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively.
Not a
blessed
man came to set her [a boat] free. R. D. Blackmore.
Webster 1828 Edition
Blessed
BLESS'ED
,pp.
BLESS'ED
,Adj.
Blessed-Thistle. A plant of the genus Cnicus, sometimes used in decoctions, for a bitter.
Definition 2024
Blessed
Blessed
English
Proper noun
Blessed
- A surname.
Adjective
Blessed
- (Roman Catholicism) 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.
- 2012, Charles M. Stang, Apophasis and Pseudonymity in Dionysius the Areopagite (ISBN 0199640424), page 62:
- 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.
- 2012, Charles M. Stang, Apophasis and Pseudonymity in Dionysius the Areopagite (ISBN 0199640424), page 62:
blessed
blessed
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
blessed (comparative more blessed, superlative most blessed)
- Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
- 1611, King James Bible, Matthew 5:5
- Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
- 1611, King James Bible, Matthew 5:5
- In Catholicism, 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.
- Worthy of worship; holy.
- (informal) An intensifier; damned.
- Not one blessed person offered to help me out.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing): condemned, cursed, damned
- (revered): contemned, despised, scorned
- (holy): profane, unhallowed, unholy
Derived terms
Translations
having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing
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In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person
worthy of worship; holy
Verb
blessed
- simple past tense and past participle of bless