单词 | benedictory |
例句 | But note the glowing halo around his head and the long fingers of his right hand splayed across his abdomen: The index and middle finger are scissored open as if giving a benedictory sign. ‘Egon Schiele: Portraits’ at Neue Galerie 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z With his gleaming gilt copper body, wide-open ivory and horn eyes, and pacific benedictory gesture, he would surely be an entrancing sight in the church where he still resides. Art Review: The Spiritual Network 2011-03-24T22:13:08Z He confers the same attention, a kind of benedictory grace, on the lost and the found alike. With Netflix's 'The Irishman,' Martin Scorsese is still cinema’s greatest risk taker 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z There are encounters of such unexpected, benedictory beauty that you may wonder, at first, if they’re mere visions or dreams. Review: In the deeply moving ‘Diane,’ Mary Kay Place gives the performance of her career 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Nesmith closed the set with "Thanx for the Ride," something of a benedictory song from "Loose Salute" that tied in with the rustic surroundings in the mountains above and beyond Palm Springs. Mike Nesmith revisits influential post-Monkees country-rock with First National Band – LA Times 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z But I think every writer of a novel has stuck his tongue in his cheek as he wrote those benedictory words, "And they lived happy ever after." Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z It was as though the spirit of devotion that had failed her in church, first came to her now, as she saw the stately hunter bow his proud head beneath the priest's benedictory hand. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z The front-door steps became like a goal of a pilgrimage up to which penitents crawl on their knees; the stained glass window became a heavenly aureole, the Clytie bust a benedictory saint. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The last roll of the organ died away and the minister pronounced his benedictory prayer. With Edge Tools Then his train came, and he left her with a benedictory grace, standing on the step hat in hand, majestic in his courtesy. Rose MacLeod She had starved for the sweetness of what seemed to her, in her hunger of the heart, an almost benedictory tenderness. Old Crow Thor moved uneasily from under the weight of the benedictory hands. The Side Of The Angels A Novel She raised her hand with a benedictory air and let it rest lightly, ever so lightly, on Ted's hair. Audrey Craven The big, gaudy fellow, patently pleased by the tribute, struck a magnificent attitude and extended a benedictory hand towards the drinkers. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama It had got up on its perch and, with one foot uplifted in an impressive, almost benedictory, manner, was gazing steadily at the Professor. Tongues of Conscience He then rose and pronounced the usual benedictory welcome. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 But some symptoms of a new movement in the crowd urged him to bring it to a speedy conclusion and dismiss them with hands outstretched in a benedictory attitude over their kneeling figures. Romola Fusby stood expectant, and in spite of his imperturbable and almost benedictory manner he looked mildly surprised. The Ffolliots of Redmarley Here is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of the benedictory prayers of the Bible. Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews The whip which had been uplifted in pious aspiration fell in benedictory thanks on the bare ribs of the horse. The Hand in the Dark I saw few people affected by this benedictory appeal. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. "Certainly," said Reggie, who had raised his hat to the pair, and was regarding them with a benedictory smile. The Woman's Way The benedictory chant is sung between each repetition. Navaho Houses, pages 469-518 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898 With a benedictory wave of the hand he linked arms with Lord Algernon and strolled away down the walk. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 He replied, "Nay, that would require the repetition of the usual benediction; but in tearing open his nostrils no benedictory formula is needed." Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala He had come noiselessly in, and was surveying his daughter and guest with a benedictory smile. Mount Music My dear fellow," he said, putting up his hands in a benedictory manner and then dropping them as if to say that even he found difficulty in believing in the nobility of man, "impossible! The Foolish Lovers Here I must leave off, my benedictory powers failing me. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 We leave them performing this sweet benedictory service. The Virginians The Quakers who go about their business, of every description, with more calmness than we, have more title to the use of these benedictory prefaces. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia |
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