Benedictine

[ ben-i-dik-tin, -teen, -tahyn ben-i-dik-teen ]

noun

1. Roman Catholic Church.
   1. a member of an order of monks founded at Monte Cassino by St. Benedict about a.d. 530.
   2. a member of any congregation of nuns following the rule of St. Benedict.
2. a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks.

adjective

1. of or relating to St. Benedict or the Benedictines.

Benedictine

noun

1. ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪn-taɪn a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community founded by or following the rule of Saint Benedict
2. ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktiːn a greenish-yellow liqueur made from a secret formula developed at the Benedictine monastery at Fécamp in France in about 1510

adjective

1. ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪn-taɪn of or relating to Saint Benedict, his order, or his rule

Word History and Origins

Origin of Benedictine¹

1620–30; St. Benedict + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

More than a week after making headlines with his controversial commencement address at Benedictine College, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker attended his team’s first day of voluntary workouts.

From Los Angeles Times

Jon Stewart weighed in on the controversy swirling around Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, whose commencement speech at Benedictine College was criticized as misogynistic and homophobic.

From Salon

“As men, we set the tone of the culture, and when that is absent, disorder, dysfunction and chaos set in,” he told male graduates last week at Benedictine College in Kansas.

From Los Angeles Times

As such, the Kansas City Chiefs kicker was given a platform to express his views as the commencement speaker at Benedictine College.

From Los Angeles Times

In some ways, Benedictine College sounds like a typical Catholic college.

From Seattle Times