bless in English: To ask God to protect and help someone, or to say kind words over them. (verb)

Translation

To ask God to protect and help someone, or to say kind words over them.

Word origin

From Old English bletsian, meaning to make holy.

Verb typeregular (bless, blesses, blessed)

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A religious leader often does the blessing.

sneezes.

This is a very common polite phrase in English.

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"Blessed" here means lucky and thankful.

god

A being that people pray to and believe has great power over the world.

pray

To speak to a god, often to ask for help or to give thanks.

holy

Connected with God or with religion, and treated with great respect.

church

A building where Christians meet to pray and worship God.

thank

To tell someone you are happy and grateful for what they did or gave you.

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