benisons

English

Noun

benisons

  1. plural of benison

Anagrams

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English benysoun, from Old French beneïson, from Latin benedictio.

Noun

benisons

  1. blessings
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 13:
      praie var long an happie zins, shorne o'lournagh an ee-vilt wi benisons,
      implore long and happy days, free from melancholy and full of blessings,

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 116
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