benedizione
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin benedictiōnem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]benedizione f (plural benedizioni)
- (religion) blessing (pronouncement invoking divine aid)
- (religion, rare) praise, commendation
- (religion) blessing (divine or supernatural aid, or reward)
- (transferred sense) a wish of good fortune
- (figurative, rare) good fortune, good luck
- (transferred sense, rare) a consecrated item, thought to bring good luck
- (obsolete, very rare) charity (goods or money given to those in need)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- benedizione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- “benedizióne”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 2 balc–cerr, UTET, 1962, page 168f.
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