benedict
[ ben-i-dikt ]
/ ˈbɛn ɪ dɪkt /
noun
a newly married man, especially one who has been long a bachelor.
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Nearby words
bene-, beneath, beneba, benedicite, benedick, benedict, benedict i, benedict ii, benedict iii, benedict iv, benedict ix
Origin of benedict
1820–25; erroneous assimilation of Benedick to a more familiar name
Definition for benedict (2 of 16)
Benedict
[ ben-i-dikt ]
/ ˈbɛn ɪ dɪkt /
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.”
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Benedict I
noun
died a.d. 579, pope 575–79.
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Benedict II
noun
Saint,died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
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Benedict III
noun
died a.d. 858, pope 855–58.
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Benedict IV
noun
died a.d. 903, pope 900–03.
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Benedict V
noun
died a.d. 966, pope 964.
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Benedict VI
noun
died a.d. 974, pope 973–74.
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Benedict VII
noun
died a.d. 983, pope 974–83.
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Benedict VIII
noun
died 1024, pope 1012–24.
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Benedict IX
noun
died 1056?, pope 1032–44; 1045; 1047–48.
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Benedict XI
noun
Niccolò Boccasini, 1240–1304, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1303–04.
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Benedict XII
noun
Jacques Fournier, died 1342, French ecclesiastic: pope 1334–42.
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Benedict XIII
noun
Pietro Francesco Orsini, 1649–1730, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1724–30.
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Benedict XIV
noun
Prospero Lambertini, 1675–1758, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1740–58; scholar and patron of the arts.
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Benedict XV
noun
Giacomo della Chiesa, 1854–1922, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1914–22.
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British Dictionary definitions for benedict (1 of 2)
Benedict
/ (ˈbɛnɪˌdɪkt) /
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
British Dictionary definitions for benedict (2 of 2)
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
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.
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