Benedicite
Americannoun
noun
interjection
noun
Etymology
Origin of Benedicite
1150–1200; Middle English < Latin, imperative 2nd person plural of benedīcere ( bene bene- + dīcere to speak)
Example Sentences
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The two lower panels represent labourers going to their work singing Benedicite, and a priest and choristers chanting Nunc Dimittis, in allusion to Ken's morning and evening hymns.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy
Benedicite.—When a priest saluted or was asked for his blessing,, he said "Benedicite," Bless ye,—Domino, or, in worse Latin, nomen Dei. understood.
From Notes and Queries, Number 58, December 7, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
Buchwald and Cohrs surmise, but without further ground for their assumption, that the table with the Benedicite and the Gratias was issued together with the first series in January.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
"Benedicite, good gentlemen!" he said, and went out with bowed head and a rustle of flowing robe.
From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
The Benedicite was first placed in the English Prayer Book in the year 1549, to be sung as an alternate to the Te Deum.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James
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