🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

祝福された

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shukufuku sareta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Blessed/ˈblɛs.ɪd/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"教会は牧師によって祝福された。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Made holy; consecrated.

    "The church was blessed by the bishop during the ceremony."
As verb
  1. 1

    To confer divine favor upon; to make holy.

    "The priest blessed the congregation at the end of the service."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'blessed' originates from the Old English 'blēdsian', meaning 'to consecrate or make holy'. It is derived from the Proto-Germanic *blōdiz, which relates to blood and the idea of sacrifice, evolving through Middle English to its current form, emphasizing both spiritual and secular connotations of being favored or endowed with divine grace.

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