benediction
Service's final prayer
Benediction is a blessing, especially one pronounced at the end of a religious service.
The priest or minister speaks words invoking divine favor upon the congregation: The service concluded with a benediction.
More broadly, any expression of good wishes or formal blessing: She offered a brief benediction before the meal.
The word carries a tone of solemnity and spiritual warmth.
Sacred spiritual purity
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
sanctity · divinity · spirituality · hallowed · consecration · veneration · godliness · faithfulness
Prayer seeking divine favor
- favorKind act or preference
- boonHelpful benefit received
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
prayer · thanksgiving · praise · gratitude · supplication · intercession · pronouncement · absolution
Formal worship structure
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- massQuantity of matter
- vespersEvening devotional service
- matinsLiturgical dawn devotions
service · worship · communion · closing prayer · dismissal · valediction · commencement · graduation
holiness
Sacred spiritual purity
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
piety · sanctity · divinity · spirituality · hallowed · consecration · veneration · godliness · faithfulness · saintliness
blessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
invocation · prayer · thanksgiving · praise · gratitude · supplication · intercession · pronouncement · absolution · pardon
liturgy
Formal worship structure
matins · service · worship · communion · closing prayer · dismissal · valediction · commencement · graduation · ordination
ward
Protected person; division
haven · guardian · shield · amulet · talisman · charm · divine protection · covering · aegis · preservation
- public speakingspeech, public speaking, keynotes, keynote speeches, oratory
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- speechesspeech, addresses, historic speeches, lecture, soliloquy
- English orationsfamous speeches, public speeches, declamation, oratory, public speaking
- sacred speechsermon, prayer, psalm, amen, litany
- worship elementsprayer, sermon, homily, hymn singing, scripture reading
benedictionmalediction
Verbal invocation of harm
curse · anathema · execration · imprecation · damnation
benedictioncurse
Invoked harm through words
malediction · imprecation · execration · anathema · bane