benedicite

And Stephen actually came too, murmuring that it would be the Benedicite, which he had never minded.

Benedicite once occurs as a word of five syllables, where Theseus drawls it out to express his wonder, A 1785.

The party sat down to table, then, Doa Angela said the benedicite and the chocolate was served.

Bene: the first syllables of Benedicite; here the charm begins to work.

He made use of the ordinary formula in asking permission to speak, 'Benedicite.'