benison

[ ben-uh-zuhn, -suhn ]

noun

1. benediction.

benison

/ ˈbɛnɪzən; -sən /

noun

1. archaic.
   a blessing, esp a spoken one

Word History and Origins

Origin of benison¹

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French beneiçon, Middle French beneison < Latin benedictiōn- benediction

Word History and Origins

Origin of benison¹

C13: from Old French beneison , from Latin benedictiō benediction

Example Sentences

"By all the glories of the day / And the cool evening's benison / By that last sunset touch that lay / Upon the hills when day was done," it begins.

From BBC

"A Bit of a Tune" revisits Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" and its crack-of-dawn encounter with the moon, finding it "a benison and a boon".

From The Guardian

As my good brother, the Abbot, is not here, thou must content thyself with my benison.

From Project Gutenberg

This is the second festival I have kept with those whom society has placed, not outside her pale, indeed, but outside the hearing of her benison.

From Project Gutenberg

I remember, however, more than distinctly all that happened the last evening I passed in that secluded house, to my sojourn in which I owe all the benisons bestowed upon my after artist life.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• benevolence
• generosity
• mercy