Blessing and Prayer

Blessing

Blessing noun - A prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor.
Usage example: that rabbi always ends the service with a short blessing

Prayer and blessing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prayer" instead a noun "Blessing".

Prayer

Prayer noun - An address to God or a deity.
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Synonyms for Prayer

Blessing and prayer are semantically related. You can use "Blessing" instead a noun "Prayer".

Nearby Words: pray, prayerful, prayed, praying

How words are described

full full blessing full prayer
special special blessing special prayer
specific specific blessing specific prayer
short short blessing short prayer
Other adjectives: dying, standard, simple, actual, massive, holy, traditional, final, last, unofficial.

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / The 100 The Grounder society is so wound up in combat that they only acknowledge an end to fighting when somebody dies: Their death prayer/blessing is "Your fight is over".
  • Literal Ass Kicking Don Camillo wants to hit him back, but Christ forbids it, saying, "Your hands were made for blessing." He assigns Peppone some prayers in penance, but then, as the mayor kneels in prayer, Don Camillo thinks his rump would be a perfect target.
  • Video Game / Tales of Zestiria Gods Need Prayer Badly: For a Seraph to become a Lord of the Land, blessing a region and making its inhabitants less susceptible to Malevolence, they need a vessel to inhabit (usually an object, like a tree or a basin of holy water), and someone to worship them.
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