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benediction [Lat.,=blessing], solemn blessing usually administered in the name of God by a priest or a minister. The temple worship at Jerusalem had fixed forms of benedictions, and Christians have always given them an important place in ceremony, especially at the end of a ritual. Protestants have abandoned many of the blessings of the Roman Catholic Church, such as the apostolic benediction by the pope and his delegates and benediction of the dying. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, a popular extraliturgical service of Roman Catholics, consists of a blessing of the people by the priest with the Host exposed in a monstrance.

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Benediction a service in which the congregation is blessed with the Blessed Sacrament (see sacrament), held mainly in the Roman Catholic Church.

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benediction XV. — (O)F. bénédiction — L. benedictiō, -ōn-, f. benedīcere, benedict- bless, f. bene well + dīcere speak (see DICTION).

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