benedict
a newly married man, especially one who has been long a bachelor: From the sublime to the ridiculous—the bride in her most seductive lingerie and the benedict in a pair of ratty old boxers.
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Ruth (Fulton), 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
Saint, a.d. 480–c543, Italian monk: founded Benedictine order.
Stanley Ros·si·ter [ros-i-ter], /ˈrɒs ɪ tər/, 1884–1936, U.S. biochemist.
a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “blessed.”
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How to use benedict in a sentence
Bergoglio ran second to Joseph Ratzinger, who became benedict XVI.
In 2008 then Pope benedict XVI stated quite pointedly that animals are “not called to the eternal life.”
Sorry, Internet: Pope Francis Didn't Open Paradise to Pets | Candida Moss | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs part of their ambitious film schedule, Marvel has cast British actor benedict Cumberbatch to play the doctor in 2016.
The Flying Sorcery of Dr. Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Marvel's Most Bizarre Magician | Rich Goldstein | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs he debuts on Broadway, he talks Beyoncé, Kristen Stewart, benedict Cumberbatch, and the ‘gay sensibility’ in all he does.
“There are various iterations of my life out there,” says Billy Hayes, digging into his Eggs benedict at a Manhattan diner.
The Unbelievable (True) Story of the World’s Most Infamous Hash Smuggler | Marlow Stern | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Our youngest benedict was not more than eighteen years of age, and his salary only £45 a year.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowA benedict and wife-led, although wishing to appear his own master.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheBoth these names are used to mean "foolish person" in France, and so is benêt, which comes from benedict.
Stories That Words Tell Us | Elizabeth O'NeillThe two boys gazed respectfully at the bare trestle table and the raised reading-desk and the picture of St. benedict.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenziebenedict Pictete had first published his Teologia Christiana in 1696.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774. | Philip Vickers Fithian
British Dictionary definitions for Benedict
/ (ˈbɛnɪˌdɪkt) /
Saint . ?480–?547 ad, Italian monk: founded the Benedictine order at Monte Cassino in Italy in about 540 ad . His Regula Monachorum became the basis of the rule of all Western Christian monastic orders. Feast day: July 11 or March 14
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