benedict
ɪ noun
a newly married man, especially one who has been long a bachelor.
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Benedict I
noun
died a.d. 579, pope 575–79.
Benedict II
noun
Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
Benedict III
noun
died a.d. 858, pope 855–58.
Benedict IV
noun
died a.d. 903, pope 900–03.
Benedict V
noun
died a.d. 966, pope 964.
Benedict VI
noun
died a.d. 974, pope 973–74.
Benedict VII
noun
died a.d. 983, pope 974–83.
Benedict VIII
noun
died 1024, pope 1012–24.
Benedict IX
noun
died 1056?, pope 1032–44; 1045; 1047–48.
Benedict XI
noun
(Niccolò Boccasini) 1240–1304, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1303–04.
Benedict XII
noun
(Jacques Fournier) died 1342, French ecclesiastic: pope 1334–42.
Benedict XIII
noun
(Pietro Francesco Orsini) 1649–1730, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1724–30.
Benedict XIV
noun
(Prospero Lambertini) 1675–1758, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1740–58; scholar and patron of the arts.
Benedict XV
noun
(Giacomo della Chiesa) 1854–1922, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1914–22.
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| —n | |
| Saint. ?480--?547 | |
| Benedict XV | |
| —n | |
| original name Giacomo della Chiesa. 1854--1922, pope (1914--22); noted for his repeated attempts to end World War I and for his organization of war relief | |
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Word Origin & History
benedict
"newly married man" (especially one who had seemed a confirmed bachelor), 1821, from the character Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing" (1599). The name is from L.L. Benedictus, lit. "blessed," from L. benedicte "bless (you)" (see benediction). This also produced the
proper name Bennet; hence also benet (late 14c.), the third of the four lesser orders of the Roman Catholic Church, one of whose functions was to exorcize spirits.
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