Both Uses of
benediction
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- Birds sang around Green Gables; the Madonna lilies in the garden sent out whiffs of perfume that entered in on viewless winds at every door and window, and wandered through halls and rooms like spirits of benediction.†
Chpt 14 *
- She liked the delicious hint of fragrance, as some aerial benediction, above her every time she moved.†
Chpt 37
Definition:
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(benediction) the closing prayer for God's blessing of the congregation offered by a clergyman at the end of a worship service