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blessed

  • adjective
  • bless·ed
  • blĕsʹĭd

Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

Other meanings

  1. A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.

  2. Held in veneration; revered.

Related words

  • Island of the Blessed
  • blessedfull
  • blursed
  • unblessed
  • blessed event
  • blessedly
  • blessedness
  • blessed assurance
  • blessed thistle
  • have a blessed one
  • of blessed memory

Example sentences

  • “Blessed are those who come back.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “blessed” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.