I say the benediction to my father's birthday. 我祝福父亲的生日。
She conferred her benediction to me when I left. 当我离开的时候,她向我祝福。
He went abroad with his parents' benediction. 他带着父母的祝福出国去了。
benediction
[ noun ]
the act of praying for divine protection
<noun.act>
a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
<noun.communication>
Benediction \Ben`e*dic"tion\, n. [L. benedictio: cf. F. b['e]n['e]diction. See {Benison}.] 1. The act of blessing.
2. A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness.
So saying, he arose; whom Adam thus Followed with benediction. --Milton.
Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her. --Longfellow. ※ Specifically: The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction.
3. (Eccl.) The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop. --Ayliffe.
4. (R. C. Ch.) A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God.
A follower placed a bottle of coconut oil at the foot of the cross for "benediction" in treating ailments.
The suit was brought because every year for many years every invocation and every benediction at the school's graduations were exclusively prayers for and by members of the Mormon Church.
Banner-waving youths opposed to Indonesian rule of East Timor fought baton-wielding police in the territory today before the altar where Pope John Paul II was finishing his benediction to about 60,000 people.
Another civil rights leader, the Rev. Benjamin Hooks, the longtime executive director of the NAACP, delivered the closing benediction Tuesday.