blessingPronunciation: /ˈblɛsɪŋ/Translate blessing | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of blessing noun God’s favour and protection:may God continue to give us his blessing a prayer asking for divine favour and protection:a priest gave a blessing as the ship was launched grace said before or after a meal. a beneficial thing for which one is grateful:great intelligence can be a curse as well as a blessing it’s a blessing we’re alive a person’s sanction or support:he gave the plan his blessing even before it was announcedPhrases a blessing in disguise an apparent misfortune that eventually has good results: being omitted from the World Cup squad was a blessing in disguiseblessing in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of blessing in the US English dictionary
