[ben-i-dikt] 
| a newly married man, esp. one who has been long a bachelor. |
[ben-i-dikt] | 1. | Ruth (Fulton), 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist. |
| 2. | Saint, a.d. 480?–543?, Italian monk: founded Benedictine order. |
| 3. | Stanley Ros⋅si⋅ter [ros-i-ter] , 1884–1936, U.S. biochemist. |
| 4. | a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “blessed.” |
| died a.d. 579, pope 575–79. |
| Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85. |
| died a.d. 858, pope 855–58. |
| died a.d. 903, pope 900–03. |
| died a.d. 966, pope 964. |
| died a.d. 974, pope 973–74. |
| died a.d. 983, pope 974–83. |
| died 1024, pope 1012–24. |
| died 1056?, pope 1032–44; 1045; 1047–48. |
(Niccolò Boccasini ) 1240–1304, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1303–04. |
| (Jacques Fournier) died 1342, French ecclesiastic: pope 1334–42. |
| (Pietro Francesco Orsini) 1649–1730, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1724–30. |
| (Prospero Lambertini) 1675–1758, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1740–58; scholar and patron of the arts. |
| (Giacomo della Chiesa) 1854–1922, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1914–22. |
| ben·e·dict (běn'ĭ-dĭkt') n. A newly married man who was previously considered a confirmed bachelor. [After Benedick, a character in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.] |
| Benedict, Ruth Fulton 1887-1948. American anthropologist noted for her study of Native American and Japanese cultures. |
| Spi·no·za (spĭ-nō'zə) Dutch philosopher and theologian whose controversial pantheistic doctrine advocated an intellectual love of God. His best-known work is Ethics (1677). |
