be blessed

Example Sentences

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When the structure is completed and the scaffolding dismantled, the tower will be blessed on June 10 to coincide with the centenary of the death of Gaudi, whose body lies in the basilica's crypt.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Some carry passports to be blessed by priests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 15, 2025

The Glen Rosa will then be blessed by Rev William Boyle, minister at St Andrew’s Church of Scotland, prior to the official naming.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024

After midnight Saturday, the Church of England — the state church, whose supreme governor is the king — sanctioned same-sex couples to be blessed for the first time in its 489-year history.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023

Mary Rommely had taken the scapulars to be blessed by the priest before she brought them over.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith