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Veneration vs Benediction - What's the difference?

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Veneration is a related term of benediction.


As nouns the difference between veneration and benediction

is that veneration is veneration while benediction is blessing (some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward).

veneration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
  • (senseid)Profound reverence, respect or awe.
  • * 1848 , , Vanity Fair , Bradbury and Evans, page 2:
    • In Miss Jemima's eyes an autograph letter of her sister, Miss Pinkerton, was an object of as deep veneration as would have been a letter from a sovereign.
  • Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.

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    benediction

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia benediction) (en noun)
  • A short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service.
  • * Milton
    • So saying, he arose; whom Adam thus / Followed with benediction .
  • * Longfellow
    • Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her.
  • The form of instituting an abbot, analogous to the consecration of a bishop.
    • (Ayliffe)
  • A Roman Catholic rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water and formally dedicated to God.

    • Antonyms

    *malediction