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Benedicite

[ ben-i-dis-i-tee ]

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noun

Ecclesiastical. the canticle beginning in Latin Benedicite, omnia opera Domini, and in English “O all ye works of the Lord.”

benedicite

/ ˌbɛnɪˈdaɪsɪtɪ /

Benedicite

/ ˌbɛnɪˈdaɪsɪtɪ /

Christianity a canticle that originated as part of the Song of the Three Holy Children in the secondary addition to the Book of Daniel, beginning Benedicite omnia opera Domini Domino in Latin, and O all ye Works of the Lord in English

1150–1200; Middle English < Latin, imperative 2nd person plural of benedīcere ( bene bene- + dīcere to speak)

C13: from Latin, from benedīcere , from bene well + dīcere to speak

And Stephen actually came too, murmuring that it would be the Benedicite, which he had never minded.

Benedicite once occurs as a word of five syllables, where Theseus drawls it out to express his wonder, A 1785.

The party sat down to table, then, Doa Angela said the benedicite and the chocolate was served.

Bene: the first syllables of Benedicite; here the charm begins to work.

He made use of the ordinary formula in asking permission to speak, 'Benedicite.'

April 20, 2024flabbergast

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