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

I wouldn't have missed Dot, doing the honours in her wedding-gown, my benison on her bright face!

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By now Mr. Denton has brought you my incoherent note of thanks for the benison of Wigglesworth.

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His memory of his own mother, the sweet, patient sufferer of Bonn, was to him like a benison his whole life long.

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Let them go; but surely it is too much to expect us to pronounce a benison upon their dead and departed dry bones.

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And she looked down at his beautiful bent head and laid her other hand on it in benison.

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Related Words

• benevolence
• generosity
• mercy