Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Blessed (blest)
blessed (blest), verbal n. [see bless, v.]
- Host; army; legion; multitude; holy ones; consecrated beings; sanctified ones; people favored by God; [possibly a phrase, noun “martial” + verbal adj. “blessed”] courageous soldiers.
- Saint; righteous one; person who has charity (see Matthew 25:34).
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