ˌever-ˈblessed, a.
a. Always enjoying blessedness. b. Worthy to be always blessed or adored. Also absol. (quasi-n.)
| a 1711 Ken Hymnarium Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 6 The thought..Which on their Spirits was impress'd, When they beheld the Ever-bless'd. a 1711 ― Hymnotheo, ibid. III. 375 The Pray'r flew first of Mary ever-bless'd, Her Love invigorating all the rest. 1738 Wesley ‘All praise to Him’ v, And bless the Ever-bless'd. 1842 Manning Serm. (1848) I. xiii. 179 The power of the ever-blessed Trinity. |