Benedictine

[ ben-i-dik-tin, -teen, -tahyn for 1, 3; ben-i-dik-teen for 2 ]

/ ˌbɛn ɪˈdɪk tɪn, -tin, -taɪn for 1, 3; ˌbɛn ɪˈdɪk tin for 2 /

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noun

Roman Catholic Church.

a member of an order of monks founded at Monte Cassino by St. Benedict about a.d. 530.
a member of any congregation of nuns following the rule of St. Benedict.

a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks.

adjective

of or relating to St. Benedict or the Benedictines.

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Origin of Benedictine

1620–30; St. Benedict + -ine¹

Words nearby Benedictine

Benedick, benedict, Benedict I, Benedict II, Benedict III, Benedictine, benediction, benedictional, Benedict IV, Benedict IX, benedictory

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How to use Benedictine in a sentence

It’s a Benedictine school with a convent from which a dwindling number of nuns still appear on the faculty list.
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The government of Colombia decided to loan the 28,000 square meter fixer-upper to a fraternity of hermetic Benedictine monks.
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In 2002, Michelle Elzay began photographing the Benedictine nuns of the Saint Marie Du Maumont convent, in the Charente in France.
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He chronicles the booze he was vacuuming up: Benedictine and brandy, wine, Bourbon and Seven.
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The first time was to my boarding school alma mater, Portsmouth Abbey, an excellent place run by Benedictine monks.
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It is also thought that the book was written by a Franciscan friar for the use of some one in a Benedictine house.
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Attached to the church was a Benedictine convent, whose abbess seems to have represented the diocese of Florence.
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In two successive years—1496, 7—parties were invited thence to reform French Benedictine houses.
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Devanne lighted a second cigar and poured himself a glass of Benedictine.
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In 1327, the scholars and citizens of Oxford pillaged the opulent Benedictine abbey of the neighbouring town of Abingdon.
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British Dictionary definitions for Benedictine

Benedictine

noun

(ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪn, -taɪn) a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community founded by or following the rule of Saint Benedict

(ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktiːn) a greenish-yellow liqueur made from a secret formula developed at the Benedictine monastery at Fécamp in France in about 1510

adjective

(ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪn, -taɪn) of or relating to Saint Benedict, his order, or his rule

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