selig — meaning in English

English meaning

• blessed adj Favoured or protected, especially by God or good fortune.
• late adj Arriving or happening after the expected or usual time.

Senses

selig is used for these senses in English:

• blessed Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
• blessed (Roman Catholicism) A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
• late (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
• unworried Free of worries.

late — full definition

1. adj Arriving or happening after the expected or usual time.
2. adj Near the end of a period of time.
3. adj Used before a name to refer respectfully to someone who has died.
4. adv After the expected or usual time.

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