benedict

¹

[ ben-i-dikt ]

noun

1. 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.

Benedict

²

[ ben-i-dikt ]

noun

1. Ruth (Fulton), 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
2. Saint, a.d. 480–c543, Italian monk: founded Benedictine order.
3. Stanley Ros·si·ter [ros, -i-ter], 1884–1936, U.S. biochemist.
4. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “blessed.”

Benedict

/ ˈbɛnɪˌdɪkt /

noun

1. Benedict, Saint?480?547MItalianRELIGION: monkRELIGION: saint 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of benedict¹

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

Example Sentences

Benedict said the pellets that were fired missed the officer but punctured drywall behind him.

From Washington Post

Benedict said Wimbish then took another weapon from his waistband that had no orange tip and did not resemble the BB gun that had been described earlier.

From Washington Post

One other perceived block on Francis stepping down anytime soon is Benedict himself.

From Washington Post

She had long signed her notes to Benedict with “love,” as one might to an older sister.

From Nautilus

All of this also gave Mead a way of understanding her own fate, as well as Benedict’s.

From Nautilus

Bergoglio ran second to Joseph Ratzinger, who became Benedict XVI.

From The Daily Beast

In 2008 then Pope Benedict XVI stated quite pointedly that animals are “not called to the eternal life.”

From The Daily Beast

As part of their ambitious film schedule, Marvel has cast British actor Benedict Cumberbatch to play the doctor in 2016.

From The Daily Beast

As he debuts on Broadway, he talks Beyoncé, Kristen Stewart, Benedict Cumberbatch, and the ‘gay sensibility’ in all he does.

From The Daily Beast

“There are various iterations of my life out there,” says Billy Hayes, digging into his Eggs Benedict at a Manhattan diner.

From The Daily Beast

Our youngest benedict was not more than eighteen years of age, and his salary only £45 a year.

From Project Gutenberg

A benedict and wife-led, although wishing to appear his own master.

From Project Gutenberg

Both these names are used to mean "foolish person" in France, and so is benêt, which comes from Benedict.

From Project Gutenberg

The two boys gazed respectfully at the bare trestle table and the raised reading-desk and the picture of St. Benedict.

From Project Gutenberg

Benedict Pictete had first published his Teologia Christiana in 1696.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bridegroom
• suitor