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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the sermon ends he kneels, waves a benediction , and covers his face with his hands.
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BIENTSHn v. To give the benediction after a meal.
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BRUHche n. From the Hebrew, meaning benediction , blessing.
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Hughes kept moving at a deliberate pace, turning right and left to give his benediction .
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I give these children my benediction .
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Jack Kennedy summoning Robert Frost to deliver an inauguration poem and confer a bardic benediction on the new administration.
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Second, there is no concluding benediction or chatimah.
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The priest enjoyed the benediction of the old man in the name of the Great Spirit who made all men.