English → Latin
“blessing” in Latin
mūnusa service, office, employment; a burden, duty, obligation; a service, favorcommoduscomfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming; opportune, timely, tidy; pleasant, friendlybonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; usefulet cēteraet cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar dīmittōto send away, send forth, send off, dismiss, let go; to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake; to pardon, forgive,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
blessing
sollemnes preces; bona omina. To dismiss the congregation with a blessing, precibus sollemnibus coetum (sacrum) dimittere. With the blessings of all, omnibus laeta precantibus.
Gift, benefit, etc., munus, commodum, bonum, etc. The blessings of peace, munera, commoda pacis. The blessings of Providence, Dei munera, beneficia.
Divine favor, Dei favor. May God grant his blessing! quod Deus bene vertat!
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for blessing?
- The usual Latin words for “blessing” are mūnus, commodus, bonus; also et cētera, dīmittō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.