blessing

Etymology

From Middle English blessinge, blessynge, from Old English blētsung, blēdsung (“a blessing”), equivalent to bless + -ing.

noun

1. Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
2. A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
3. Good fortune.
4. (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony.
5. The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
   We will not proceed without the executive director's blessing.
6. Something someone is glad of.
   After two weeks of sun, last night's rainfall was a blessing.
7. A prayer before a meal; grace.
8. A group of unicorns.
   And since we’re laying out our wishes, we’d also like a blessing of unicorns and one million dollars. 11 September 2008, Betsy Schiffman, “Time To Trash the Intellectual Property System, Says Report”, in Wired
   Then a blessing of unicorns charged into the studio, and I was carried away to be re-educated. 2009, Andrew Orlowski, "Facebook music dashboard: Revenue at last?", The Register, 13 September 2011
   She just wants to talk to her friends on www.unicornwillsaveus.com or write in her journal or flump on her bedroom floor with her blessing of unicorns: her posters, figurines, stickers, temporary tattoos of anatomically correct unicorns. 2011, Suzette Mayr, Monoceros, Coach House Books, published 2011, page 94

verb

1. present participle and gerund of bless