All 3 Uses of
benediction
in
King Lear
- Good king, that must approve the common saw,— Thou out of heaven's benediction com'st To the warm sun!†
Scene 2.2 *
- A sovereign shame so elbows him: his own unkindness, That stripp'd her from his benediction, turn'd her To foreign casualties, gave her dear rights To his dog-hearted daughters,—these things sting His mind so venomously that burning shame Detains him from Cordelia.†
Scene 4.3
- O, look upon me, sir, And hold your hands in benediction o'er me.†
Scene 4.7
Definition:
a prayer asking that someone be blessed -- especially the closing prayer offered by a clergyman at the end of a worship service that asks for God's blessing of the congregation