bless you
bless you
English Definitions:
bless you (Interjection)
Short for (may) God bless you: said as a short prayer for the recipient.
bless you (Interjection)
Said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark.
Bless you
Bless you, or God bless you, is a common English expression typically addressed to a person after they sneeze. Alternative responses to sneezing adopted by English speakers are the German word gesundheit, the Irish word sláinte, and the Spanish salud. The origin of this custom and its original purpose are unknown.
bless you
God bless you (variants include God bless or bless you) is a common English expression generally used to wish a person blessings in various situations, especially to "will the good of another person", as a response to a sneeze, and also, when parting or writing a valediction. The phrase has been used in the Hebrew Bible by Jews (cf. Numbers 6:24), and by Christians, since the time of the early Church as a benediction, as well as a means of bidding a person Godspeed. Many clergy, when blessing their congregants individually or as a group, use the phrase "God bless you".
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