- [usually singular] God’s help and protection, or a prayer asking for this
- to pray for God’s blessing
- The bishop said the blessing.
Collocations ReligionReligionBeing religious- believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation
- be/become a believer/an atheist/an agnostic/a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist, etc.
- convert to/practise a religion/Buddhism/Catholicism/Christianity/Islam/Judaism, etc.
- go to church/(North American English) temple (= the synagogue)
- go to the local church/mosque/synagogue/gurdwara
- belong to a church/a religious community
- join/enter the church/a convent/a monastery/a religious sect/the clergy/the priesthood
- praise/worship/obey/serve/glorify God
- attend/hold/conduct/lead a service
- perform a ceremony/a rite/a ritual/a baptism/the Hajj/a mitzvah
- carry out/perform a sacred/burial/funeral/fertility/purification rite
- go on/make a pilgrimage
- celebrate Christmas/Easter/Eid/Ramadan/Hanukkah/Passover/Diwali
- observe/break the Sabbath/a fast/Ramadan
- deliver/preach/hear a sermon
- lead/address the congregation
- say/recite a prayer/blessing
- preach/proclaim/spread the word of God/the Gospel/the message of Islam
- study/follow the dharma/the teachings of Buddha
- read/study/understand/interpret scripture/the Bible/the Koran/the gospel/the Torah
- be based on/derive from divine revelation
- commit/consider something heresy/sacrilege
- seek/find/gain enlightenment/wisdom
- strengthen/lose your faith
- keep/practise/practice/abandon the faith
- save/purify/lose your soul
- obey/follow/keep/break/violate a commandment/Islamic law/Jewish law
- be/accept/do God’s will
- receive/experience divine grace
- achieve/attain enlightenment/salvation/nirvana
- undergo a conversion/rebirth/reincarnation
- hear/answer a prayer
- commit/confess/forgive a sin
- do/perform penance
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc1- They asked God's blessing on their pastoral work.
- The blessing was said in Hebrew.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- traditional
- papal
- divine
- …
- bestow
- give
- make
- …
- blessing on
- [usually singular] approval of or permission for something
- The government gave its blessing to the new plans.
- He went with his parents' blessing.
Extra Examples- He went off to Latin America with his mother's blessing.
- She received the full blessing of her employers.
- The budget was pushed through by the government without the blessing of the opposition.
- The document received official blessing.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- official
- have
- give somebody/something
- get
- …
- with somebody’s blessing
- without somebody’s blessing
- something that is good or helpful
- Lack of traffic is one of the blessings of country life.
- It's a blessing that nobody was in the house at the time.
- Her instant success turned out to be more of a curse than a blessing.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- real
- mixed
- …
- blessing for
- a blessing in disguise
- count your blessings
Idioms
See blessing in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee blessing in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englisha blessing in disguise
- something that seems to be a problem at first, but that has good results in the end
- Losing your job might turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
count your blessings
- to be grateful for the good things in your life
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