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Blessed event   /blɛst ɪvˈɛnt/   Listen
Blessed event

noun
1.
The live birth of a child.  Synonym: happy event.






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"Blessed event" Quotes from Famous Books



... bosom, that heaved with rapture inexpressible. Renaldo's eyes poured forth the briny stream. The cheeks of Madam Clement were not dry in this conjuncture; she kneeled by Serafina, kissed her with all the eagerness of maternal affection, and with uplifted hands adored the Power that preordained this blessed event. The clergyman and doctor intimately shared the general transport; and as for Joshua, the drops of true benevolence flowed from his eyes, like the oil on Aaron's beard, while he skipped about the room in an awkward ecstasy, and in a voice resembling the hoarse notes ...
— The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, Complete • Tobias Smollett



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