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  • 1blessing —   Pōmaika i, pule, pule ho opōmaika i, ha awina.    ♦ Blessing of a house, ho ola a hale.    ♦ Blessing of a canoe, ho ola a wa a.    ♦ To ask a blessing, ho opōmaika i …

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  • 2blessing — noun 1 thing that brings happiness/improves your life ADJECTIVE ▪ great, real ▪ mixed (= a thing that has advantages and disadvantages) PREPOSITION ▪ blessing for …

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  • 3blessing — noun 1 STH GOOD/HELPFUL (C) something that you have or something that happens which is good because it improves your life, helps you in some way, or makes you happy: This rain will be a blessing for the farmers. | be a (great/real) blessing: The… …

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  • 4blessing — bless|ing [ˈblesıŋ] n 1.) something that you have or something that happens which is good because it improves your life, helps you in some way, or makes you happy ▪ The dishwasher has been a real blessing! it is a blessing (that) ▪ It s a… …

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  • 5ask — verb 1 put a question to sb ADVERB ▪ gently, quietly, softly ▪ ‘How do you feel?’ she asked softly. ▪ conversationally, politely, sweetly …

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  • 6ask for — phr verb Ask for is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑petition, ↑resolution Ask for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑advice, ↑aid, ↑armistice, ↑assistance, ↑assurance, ↑audience, ↑authorization, ↑a …

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  • 7Patriarchal blessing — In the Latter Day Saint movement, a patriarchal blessing (also called an evangelist s blessing) is a blessing or ordinance given by a patriarch (evangelist) to a church member. Patriarchal blessings are modeled after the blessing given by Abraham …

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  • 8Apostolic Blessing — • The popes very often delegated to others the power to give this blessing in answer to petitions from princes, at the close of missions, and on such occasions Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Apostolic Blessing     Apo …

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  • 9A Shoggoth on the Roof — is a parody musical of Fiddler on the Roof based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Published by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, it is credited to a member of the society who is referred to only as He Who (for legal reasons) Must Not Be… …

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  • 10Marcel Lefebvre — Msg. Marcel Lefebvre Archbishop Bishop Emeritus of Tulle Portrait of Msg Lefebvre in the 1960s …

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