blessing
Sign in to savethumb|230px|Sergius of Radonezh|St. Sergius blesses [[Dmitry Donskoy to fight Mamay, 1919, by ]] In religion, a blessing (also used to refer to bestowing of such) is the impartation of something with grace, holiness, spiritual redemption, or divine will.
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A blessing is a religious act in which someone imparts grace, holiness, spiritual redemption, or divine will to another person or thing. It matters because believers view blessings as conferring spiritual benefits and connecting people to divine power or favor.
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thumb|230px|Sergius of Radonezh|St. Sergius blesses [[Dmitry Donskoy to fight Mamay, 1919, by ]] In religion, a blessing (also used to refer to bestowing of such) is the impartation of something with grace, holiness, spiritual redemption, or divine will.
== Etymology and Germanic paganism == The modern English language term bless likely derives from the 1225 term , which developed from the Old English (preserved in the Northumbrian dialect around 950 AD). The term also appears in other forms, such as (before 830), from around 725 and '''' from around 1000, all meaning to make sacred or holy by a sacrificial custom in the Anglo-Saxon pagan period, originating in Germanic paganism; to mark with blood. Due to this, the term is related to the term , meaning 'blood'. References to this indigenous practice, Blót, exist in related Icelandic sources.