benedicite

Example Sentences

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The Capuchin had taken the same precaution, and followed Peregrine into the room, pronouncing benedicite, and crossing himself with many marks of astonishment.

From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

Santa benedicite, Pardon my simplicity Fie, Alice, confession Will not salve this transgression.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

He obtained an interview with the Pope, very ceremonious; and dined with a French cardinal, where the benedicite and repetitions of grace, very long, were recited antiphonally by two chaplains.

From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight

And here again Chaucer has brought his own experience, though half in jest, as a parallel to the sack of Ilion and Carthage or the burning of Rome— So hideous was the noise, benedicite!

From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.

The monks said their benedicite and ate what was set before them.

From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Bolanden, Conrad von