blessing

rite that should bring persons or property share in divine power or grace
Event religious_activity Q626510
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blessing

Summary

blessing is a religious activity[1]. blessing has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • blessing's instance of is recorded as religious activity[3].
  • blessing is a type of rite[4].
  • blessing is a type of prayer[5].
  • blessing's Commons category is recorded as Blessings[6].
  • blessing is the opposite of curse[7].
  • blessing comprises blessing in Islam[8].
  • blessing's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blessings[9].
  • blessing's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • blessing's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[11].
  • blessing's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • blessing's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • blessing's different from is recorded as greeting[14].
  • blessing's different from is recorded as bracha[15].
  • blessing's uses is recorded as benediction[16].
  • blessing's P14483 is recorded as b/bendicion[17].

Body

Context

blessing's instance of is recorded as religious activity[3].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for blessing include blessing in Islam[18], an Islamic term[19] and Bless the Woman[20], a film[21], directed by Stanislav Govorukhin[22].

Why It Matters

blessing has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] blessing is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for blessing include blessing in Islam[18], an Islamic term[19] and Bless the Woman[20], a film[21], directed by Stanislav Govorukhin[22].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → religious activity
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q118471175]]"
  2. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → benediction
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: benediction, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289911715|benediction (#289911715)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  3. 10w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 3369
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 3369, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167476197|BLESSING AND CURSING (#167476197)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclo"
  4. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → AMIS Plus
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295163, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  5. 12w ago · संजीव कुमार · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/122z2qsn
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q15644921 */"
  6. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0245126-zehnani
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0245126-zehnani, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  7. 18w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → b/bendicion
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: b/bendicion, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  8. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → rite, prayer
    Instance of → religious activity
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P2347]], mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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