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Benedict
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- 1 Having mild and salubrious qualities. obsolete
"And it is not a ſmall thing won in Phyſick, if you can make rhubarb, and other medicines that are benedict, as ſtrong purgers, as thoſe that are not without ſome malignity."
- 1 A male given name from Latin, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes. countable
- 2 A surname originating as a patronymic. countable
- 3 A placename:; A minor city in Wilson County, Kansas, United States, named after S. S. Benedict. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename:; A census-designated place in Maryland, United States. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename:; A village in Nebraska, United States. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename:; A city and village in North Dakota, United States. countable, uncountable
- 1 A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor. rare
"The benedict, drearily superfluous to the festivities, had hardly been noticed by her as he lurked about the walls and sought what entertainment was possible to one under the social disabilities of matrimony."
- 2 a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor) wordnet
- 1 to bless. rare
"Now, dis explanation o' de rose dance ain't on my own account, for I des' now tol' yer dat, so far as I'm concerned, it wouldn't make no diff'ence to me if I'd 'a' been requi'ed to go to hell for her — I'd 'a' went — in joy — for de fulfilment o' de love which Gord A'mighty done benedicted my heart wid."
- 2 To poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.
"His pancakes were never just ordinary pancakes: they were airy creations mushroomed in sauce, or they were crepes suzette. Eggs were shirred, mornayed or benedicted."
Etymology
From Benedicke (normalized to the usual spelling, Benedict), a character in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1598).
From Latin benedictus, past participle of benedicere (“to bless”). See benison. Doublet of bennet.
From Latin benedictus, past participle of benedicere (“to bless”). See benison. Doublet of bennet.
From Saint Benedict, founder of the Benedictine Order, from Late Latin benedictus (“blessed, well spoken of”), from Latin benedīcō (“I bless, I speak well of”). Doublet of Bennett, Benoit, and Benito.
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