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as in divine
of, relating to, or being God
a prayer to the blessed Savior
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as in holy
set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God
statues honoring an array of blessed saints are scattered throughout the cathedral
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as in pleasant
giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses
the blessed sight of home after a long journey
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also blest
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as in consecrated
to make holy through prayers or ritual
the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites
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as in celebrated
to proclaim the glory of
bless the name of God
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as in gifted
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
blessed with a knack for glib conversation
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Recent Examples of blessed
Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
So honored, blessed, and thankful to spend the rest of my life with my handsome bestie.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
It's blessed with empty beaches and ultra-fine sands, its turquoise waters revealing one of the world's largest barrier reefs.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
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Opoo96-dy8we writes, No, thank God, the doctor is fine, and yasminee52 wrote, Allah give him more blessed years with his family.
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Residents of Northern California might perk up their ears at the inclusion of the Columbia River Gorge, a rugged and waterfall-blessed region in Oregon and Washington that’s within striking range.
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The shoes come in a ton of hues, including the above silver, plus a divine cherry red and ballet-slipper-pink mesh.—
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Their journey and gifts thus represent the homage of all nations and races to the divine revelation in Bethlehem, uniting in a single act of recognition of Jesus as King (gold), God (frankincense), and Savior (myrrh).—
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An irresistible, holy spectacle.—
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Or does Lux ask us to crane our necks to appreciate base human longing that presents in ecstatic and horrific manifestations, in the hunger for all sorts of holy and unsavory connections?—
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Fortunately, there's usually plenty of pleasant autumn days after the first frost to tackle the remaining fall gardening tasks at a more leisurely rate.—
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Today the Moon in your sign is dancing with fair Venus creating pleasant feelings between you and everyone else.—
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The project will be the next phase of the Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora (MoCAAD), a virtual museum that celebrated its 10th anniversary in December at a gala at the Lyric Theater.—
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This past October, Parker celebrated her son James Wilkie's 23rd birthday with a video on Instagram.—
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The company also gifted McGuire ticket packages worth $33,750.—
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Farley connected with resident Allan Webster, an artist who gifted him a handmade model of a Ford Model T pickup truck.—
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Sold to Menemsha, studied in its craft, genuinely tense and gorgeously shot, highlighting the heavenly mountains and a historical hell.—
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The motions of the stars also exhibited a similar 24 hour period, as though the heavenly canopy rotated throughout the night.—
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The Aboriginal Dingaal people had been using the island as a sacred ceremonial site for about 6,000 years.—
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From Kazakhstan to Utah to Australia Tracey takes us on a journey in search of these semi-sacred places, meeting along the way countless people dedicated to preserving them.—
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The result is luxuriously silky; a delightful foil to the crunchy graham cracker crust.—
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The sword and sorcery genre was always reliable for delightful low-budget cheese, with entries such as The Beastmaster, The Barbarians, and of course, the Deathstalker series.—
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“Blessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blessed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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