benedictional

English

Etymology

From benediction +‎ -al.

Noun

benedictional (plural benedictionals)

1. a book of benedictions.
   • 1895 October, Edward Payson Evans, “Recent Recrudescence of Superstition I”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 47:

     little children are very frequently demoniacally possessed for the same reason that women are; on this account the old diocesan benedictionals contained a special exorcismus parvulorum a dæmone infestatorum, which has now been in a great measure superseded by the equally effective formula benedictio puerorum ægroiantium of the Romish benedictional.

Translations

book of benedictions

• Dutch: benedictionale
• French: bénédictionnaire (fr)
• German: Benediktionale
• Italian: benedizionale (it) m
• Polish: benedykcjonał m

References

• “benedictional”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.