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Webster 1913 Edition
Benedicite
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Benˊe-dic′i-te
,Noun.
[L., (imperative pl.,) bless ye, praise ye.]
A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.
‖Definition 2024
Benedicite
Benedicite
See also: benedicite and bénédicité
English
Noun
Benedicite (plural Benedicites)
- A canticle, the Latin version of which begins with the word benedicite (“praise ye!”), which may be used in the order for morning prayer in Anglican churches.
benedicite
benedicite
See also: Benedicite and bénédicité
Italian
Etymology
From Latin benedīcō (“I commend”), bene- + dico.
Noun
benedicite m (invariable)
- grace (prayer said before a meal)
Latin
Verb
benedīcite
- second-person plural present active imperative of benedīcō
References
- BENEDICITE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Middle English
Interjection
benedicite
- bless you
- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale
- "What? Absolon, what? Christe's sweete tree, / Why rise so rath? hey! Benedicite, / What aileth you? some gay girl, God it wote, / Hath brought you thus upon the viretote […]
- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale