blessed

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BLESS'ED, participle passive Made happy or prosperous; extolled; pronounced happy. BLESS'ED, adjective Happy; prosperous in worldly affairs; enjoying spiritual happiness and the favor of God; enjoying heavenly felicity. Blessed-Thistle. A plant of the genus Cnicus, sometimes used in decoctions, for a bitter.
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