noun

• A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).
• In the Anglican church, the ceremony used to institute an abbot, analogous to the consecration of a bishop.
• A Roman Catholic rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water and formally dedicated to God.
• Help, good fortune or reward from God or another supernatural source.