home blessing
Sacred dwelling prayer
A home blessing is a ritual or ceremony invoking divine protection and favor upon a dwelling and its inhabitants.
The practice appears across many religious traditions—a priest blessing a new house, a mezuzah affixed to a doorpost, sage burning to cleanse a space.
They asked the pastor to perform a home blessing after moving in.
The term also refers to decorative plaques or embroidered items displaying prayers or well-wishes for the household.
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- hearthFireplace floor area
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- front doorPrimary household entry point
- protectionGuarding against harm
sanctuary · safe haven · warmth · doorway · ritual · prayer · incense · sage · smudge · spiritual cleansing · consecration · dwelling · peace · peace of mind · harmony · candle · holy · holy water
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- Sacred HeartJesus, divine love, enthronement, First Friday, litany
- smudgingsmudging, smudge stick, sage bundle, white sage, sacred smoke
home blessingmalediction
Verbal invocation of harm
jinx · curse · hex · black magic · dark ritual
home blessingdesecration
Violating something sacred
profanation · defilement · deconsecration · haunting · haunted house
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