Book of Blessings
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The Book of Blessings is a liturgical book of the Roman Catholic Church that contains the official rites and prayers for a wide variety of blessings for people, places, and objects.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book of Blessings canonical | 4 |
| Book of Prayer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T220884 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book of Blessings Context triple: [Rite of Baptism (Roman Rite), relatedTo, Book of Blessings]
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A.
Psalter
The Psalter is the traditional name for the biblical Book of Psalms, a collection of religious songs, prayers, and poems central to Jewish and Christian worship.
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B.
A Call from Heaven
"A Call from Heaven" is a 17th-century religious work by Puritan minister Increase Mather that exhorts readers to piety and spiritual preparation for death and the afterlife.
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C.
Blessing of Moses
Blessing of Moses is a biblical poetic passage in which Moses delivers final prophetic blessings to the tribes of Israel before his death.
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D.
Confraternity Bible
The Confraternity Bible is a mid-20th-century English Catholic translation of the Bible produced under the auspices of the U.S. bishops as a modern revision of the Douay-Rheims.
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E.
Siddur
The Siddur is the traditional Jewish prayer book containing the set order of daily, Shabbat, and holiday prayers used in Jewish worship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book of Blessings Target entity description: The Book of Blessings is a liturgical book of the Roman Catholic Church that contains the official rites and prayers for a wide variety of blessings for people, places, and objects.
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A.
Psalter
The Psalter is the traditional name for the biblical Book of Psalms, a collection of religious songs, prayers, and poems central to Jewish and Christian worship.
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B.
A Call from Heaven
"A Call from Heaven" is a 17th-century religious work by Puritan minister Increase Mather that exhorts readers to piety and spiritual preparation for death and the afterlife.
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C.
Blessing of Moses
Blessing of Moses is a biblical poetic passage in which Moses delivers final prophetic blessings to the tribes of Israel before his death.
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D.
Confraternity Bible
The Confraternity Bible is a mid-20th-century English Catholic translation of the Bible produced under the auspices of the U.S. bishops as a modern revision of the Douay-Rheims.
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E.
Siddur
The Siddur is the traditional Jewish prayer book containing the set order of daily, Shabbat, and holiday prayers used in Jewish worship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic liturgical book
ⓘ
liturgical book ⓘ ritual book ⓘ |
| approvedBy |
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
ⓘ
Holy See ⓘ |
| contains |
blessings for agricultural elements
ⓘ
blessings for churches ⓘ blessings for civic occasions ⓘ blessings for families ⓘ blessings for homes ⓘ blessings for liturgical ministries ⓘ blessings for objects ⓘ blessings for persons ⓘ blessings for places ⓘ blessings for religious articles ⓘ blessings for schools ⓘ blessings for the sick ⓘ blessings for tools and instruments ⓘ blessings for travelers ⓘ blessings for vehicles ⓘ concluding rites for blessings ⓘ introductory rites for blessings ⓘ orders of blessing outside Mass ⓘ orders of blessing within Mass ⓘ shorter forms of blessings ⓘ solemn forms of blessings ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | official ritual for blessings in the Roman Rite ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalFunction |
provides approved texts for blessings
ⓘ
regulates official Catholic blessings ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
general introduction
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thematic sections of blessings ⓘ |
| hasTitleInLatin | De Benedictionibus ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
vernacular languages ⓘ |
| liturgicalFamily | post–Vatican II Roman Rite books ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman Rite
ⓘ
linked to:
Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite
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| relatedTo |
Liturgy of the Hours
ⓘ
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults ⓘ Roman Missal ⓘ
linked to:
Missale Romanum
|
| theologicalFocus |
invocation of God’s protection and favor
ⓘ
sanctification of people, places, and things ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Catholic deacons
ⓘ
Catholic priests ⓘ Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
instituted lay ministers ⓘ |
| usedIn |
diocesan celebrations
ⓘ
family and domestic settings ⓘ parish celebrations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Book of Blessings Description of subject: The Book of Blessings is a liturgical book of the Roman Catholic Church that contains the official rites and prayers for a wide variety of blessings for people, places, and objects.
Referenced by (5)
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linked to: Book of Blessings