as in blessing
a prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor during the harbor festival the parish priest offered a benison for the local fishermen

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Recent Examples of benison Again, not a bad gag, except that Vance, without ado, then pivoted and stiffened into piety, explaining how the touch of God had granted him the benison of a decent sleep before his speech. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
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Noun
  • If there's a ripple effect because of that, then that's a blessing.
    F. Amanda Tugade, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Both men have the ambition to redefine how the modern world works—and both are jockeying for President Donald Trump’s blessing to accelerate their plans.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Trump's Cabinet meeting begins with a prayer President Donald Trump's first Cabinet meeting began with a prayer on Wednesday.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The Catholic Church stands with immigrants, as Cardinal Robert McElroy reminded us in the recent prayer service at the cathedral.
    Scott Santarosa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Ennis has just repeated to Jack a few lines from his long-dead mother, to whom shows of affection did not come particularly naturally but whose spirit arises, nevertheless, to deliver a benediction that the living woman would have meant as mere domestic ritual.
    Michael Cunningham, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Pius stands facing the camera in a white cassock, two fingers of his right hand raised in benediction, his gaze penetrating and implacable.
    Cullen Murphy, airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025

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“Benison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benison. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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