Not a blessed man came to set her [a boat] free.
R. D. Blackmore.
Bless"ed*ly, adv. Happily; fortunately; joyfully.
We shall blessedly meet again never to depart.
Sir P. Sidney.
Bless"ed*ness, n. The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God.
The assurance of a future blessedness.
Tillotson.
Single blessedness, the unmarried state. "Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness." Shak.
Syn. -- Delight; beatitude; ecstasy. See Happiness.
Bless"ed this"tle (&?;). See under Thistle.
Bless"er (&?;), n. One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.
Bless"ing, n. [AS. bletsung. See Bless, v. t.] 1. The act of one who blesses.
2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.
This is the blessing, where with Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel.
Deut. xxxiii. 1.
3. A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and welfare; a beneficent gift.
Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed.
Milton.