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English
Noun
benisons
- plural of benison
Anagrams
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Etymology
From Middle English benysoun, from Old French beneïson, from Latin benedictio.
Pronunciation
Noun
benisons
- blessings
1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 12-14:shorne o'lournagh an ee-vilt wi benisons, an yerzel an oure gude Zovereine,- free from melancholy and full of blessings, for yourself and our good Sovereign,
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 116