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Benedictions for the dead recur in Salvatierra’s poetry, but so do sly critiques of consumerism, details accumulating in service of not only sorrow but laughter and the shock of juxtaposition.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2022

Three days later the Public Consistory was held in the Hall of Benedictions, which is above the fa�ade of St. Peter's basilica.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Hall of Benedictions, a long, corridor-like room with gold-ornamented walls and ceiling, the "imposition of the biretta" would mark a step in the elevation of some 30 prelates as princes of the Church.

From Time Magazine Archive

It happened just when the people were standing quite quiet, repeating the Eighteen Benedictions.

From Yiddish Tales by Various

Though the number of benedictions is actually nineteen, and at some of the services is reduced to seven, the technical designation remains "Eighteen Benedictions."

From Yiddish Tales by Various