Sentence examples for issuing a blessing from inspiring English sources

Alla (/'al.la/) means "Hail!" when issuing a blessing in greeting.

He issued a traditional Tibetan blessing to a group of geeks and rockers forming a crooked reception line, quickly shook their hands and then was ushered into the building.

But in language reminiscent of Obama's, he told MPs that an assessed need to "prevent a very real threat to our country" was a prevailing factor, particularly after the attorney general issued a secret ruling blessing the strike as legal.

In critical situations, the king might issue an oracle of blessing; through him the land would be promised salvation, which was often accompanied by the words, "Fear not!" The Persian king performed the sacrifice at the horse offering and was also the "guardian of the fire".

Bishop John Bryson Chane of Washington, who helped consecrate Bishop Robinson and has blessed gay couples, issued a defiant response to the report's call to express his regrets.

Astoundingly, the Supreme Court, at least for now, blessed that argument and issued a rare emergency temporary injunction, pending the Court's full review of the case, sparing Wheaton from what the school claims is an intolerable infringement on religious freedom -- putting pen to paper to disclose its position.

"Each of the unions issued a press release and made it abundantly clear that no team could participate without their blessing.

But the immigration issue is a blessed relief.

"If the tax evasion problem no longer becomes about Switzerland but is instead really seen as a worldwide issue, that could be a blessing in disguise, because Switzerland would no longer stand out as the ugly little duckling that it has been portrayed to be," said Christian Lüscher, a lawyer and member of the Swiss Parliament.

The PGA Tour has a problem and a blessing rolled into one growing issue.

The campaign insists the Bain flap may be a blessing, galvanizing Republican support and vetting the issue for the autumn campaign.