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catholicism | blessed |

As a noun Catholicism

is the faiths, practices and doctrines of a Catholic Church, but especially of the Roman Catholic Church.

As an adjective blessed is

having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

As a verb blessed is

past tense of bless.

As a proper noun Blessed is

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catholicism

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The faiths, practices and doctrines of a Catholic Church, but especially of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • * 2011 , Connie Green, Religious Diversity and Children's Literature, p 156
  • Catholicism is the second largest religious body after Sunni Muslims

    Hypernyms

    * Christianity, trinitarianism

    Coordinate terms

    * Mormonism, Protestantism, Quakerism

    blessed

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (poetic), blest (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
  • * 1611 , King James Bible , Matthew 5:5
  • Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
  • In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
  • Held in veneration; revered.
  • Worthy of worship; holy.
  • (informal) An intensifier; damned.
  • Not one blessed person offered to help me out.

    Synonyms

    * (revered) revered, venerated, worship(p)ed * (holy) hallowed, holy, sacred

    Antonyms

    * condemned, cursed, damned * (revered) contemned, despised, scorned * (holy) profane, unhallowed, unholy

    Derived terms

    * blessed event

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bless)
  • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms