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Blessed (adjective)
Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
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Blessed (adjective)
A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
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Blessed (adjective)
Held in veneration; revered.
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Blessed (adjective)
Worthy of worship; holy.
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Blessed (adjective)
An intensifier; damned.
“Not one blessed person offered to help me out.”
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Blest (verb)
archaic spelling of blessed|nodot=1: bless
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Blessed (adjective)
made holy; consecrated
“the Blessed Sacrament”
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Blessed (adjective)
a title preceding the name of a dead person considered to have led a holy life, especially a person formally beatified by the Roman Catholic Church
“the Convent of the Blessed Agnes”
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Blessed (adjective)
endowed with divine favour and protection
“he felt blessed, fortunate to be in her company”
“blessed are the meek”
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Blessed (adjective)
those who live with God in heaven.
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Blessed (adjective)
bringing pleasure or relief as a welcome contrast to what one has previously experienced
“he half stumbled out of the room up to his bed and blessed, blessed sleep”
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Blessed (adjective)
used in mild expressions of annoyance or exasperation
“he’ll want to go and see his blessed allotment”
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Blest (adjective)
archaic or literary term for blessed