bless : Idioms & Phrases

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Bless me! Bless us!

  • an exclamation of surprise. Milton.
Webster 1913

blessed event

  • noun the live birth of a child
    happy event.
WordNet

blessed thistle

  • noun tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
    Silybum marianum; milk thistle; holy thistle; lady's thistle; Our Lady's mild thistle.
  • noun annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers
    sweet sultan; Cnicus benedictus.
WordNet
Bless"ed this"tle
Definitions
  1. See under Thistle.
Webster 1913

blessed trinity

  • noun the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead
    Sacred Trinity; Holy Trinity; Trinity.
WordNet

blessed virgin

  • noun the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
    The Virgin; Virgin Mary; Mary; Madonna.
WordNet

Islands of the blessed

  • (Myth.), islands supposed to lie in the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy.
Webster 1913

To bless from

  • to secure, defend, or preserve from. "Bless me from marrying a usurer." Shak.
    To bless the doors from nightly harm. Milton.
Webster 1913

To bless with, To be blessed with

  • to favor or endow with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us with health; we are blessed with happiness.
Webster 1913