benedict

[ben-i-dikt]

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noun

a newly married man, especially one who has been long a bachelor.

Origin of benedict

1820–25; erroneous assimilation of Benedick to a more familiar name

Benedict

[ben-i-dikt]

noun

Ruth (Fulton),1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.

Saint,a.d. 480?–543?, 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.”

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.

Related Words for benedict

bridegroom, suitor, groom, helpmate, mate, spouse, husband, benedict, newlywed

Examples from the Web for benedict

Contemporary Examples of benedict

Bergoglio ran second to Joseph Ratzinger, who became Benedict XVI.
How Pope Francis Became the World’s BFF
Jason Berry
December 21, 2014
As 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
As he debuts on Broadway, he talks Beyoncé, Kristen Stewart, Benedict Cumberbatch, and the ‘gay sensibility’ in all he does.
Can Condon's Freak Show Win Broadway?
Tim Teeman
November 18, 2014
“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 universe is not the result of chance, as some would want to make us believe,” Benedict said.
Even the Pope Isn’t a Hard-Core Creationist
Barbie Latza Nadeau
October 28, 2014

Historical Examples of benedict

In 1843, Mr. Benedict was a member of the City Council, and president of that body.
Cleveland Past and Present
Maurice Joblin
For one term previous to that time Mr. Benedict was city attorney.
Cleveland Past and Present
Maurice Joblin
He felt mean and traitorous, a Benedict Arnold on a small scale.
The Woman-Haters
Joseph C. Lincoln
"She was too young in thy time, Benedict," concluded the old man jocosely.
Dreamers of the Ghetto
I. Zangwill
Mr. Benedict thought there might be, though he had never seen any.
Down South
Oliver Optic

British Dictionary definitions for benedict

Benedict

noun

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

Benedict XV

noun

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 and History for 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 Late Latin Benedictus, literally "blessed," from Latin 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.