Sentence examples for gave a blessing from inspiring English sources

A dozen Shinnecock dancers in ceremonial dress performed and gave a blessing.

Dr. V. Krishnamurthy, the maternal grandfather of the bridegroom, who was trained as a Hindu priest, gave a blessing.

The rebbe gave a blessing that "it should be revealed that there is only descent for the purpose of ascent".

He gave a blessing over the books and wrote the now-famous lines engraved over the fireplace in the Historical Library.

On Saturday, the couple had another ceremony at the Harvard Club in Manhattan, where the Rev. Thomas J. Valenti, another Roman Catholic priest, gave a blessing.

The Rev. Cathie A. Leimenstoll, a United Methodist minister, officiated at a ceremony in which Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce gave a blessing.

He held up two stubby fingers in the air, as if about to give a blessing.

"Yeah, or it could have been Jesus, come to give a blessing," McCartney said.

Rabbi Stephen S. Friedman is to officiate, and Wendy A. Amsellem, a teacher of the Talmud and Jewish law, is to give a blessing.

For giving a blessing in Kurdish while officiating at a wedding ceremony, he was accused of misusing his position.

Missing was the top panel, or pinnacle, measuring 8 by 9 1/2 inches and depicting Jesus giving a blessing.