benedicite

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The Benedicite takes the place of the Te Deum and the Ash Wednesday Collect is used every day throughout the Season.

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James

The choir stalls, carved to illustrate the Benedicite, the pulpit, and the reredos are all modern, having been erected from designs by Sir Gilbert Scott.

From Exeter by Haslehust, E. W.

Which when they had caused him to say Benedicite, the curate bad hym crye God mercy and shewe to hym his synnes.

From Shakespeare Jest-Books Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare by Hazlitt, William Carew

Perhaps in the dark corners the ghosts of confessed sins were lurking; above the spot where we knelt many a "Benedicite" had fallen upon humble hearts waiting to receive it.

From The Love Story of Abner Stone by Litsey, Edwin Carlile

"Benedicite, good gentlemen!" he said, and went out with bowed head and a rustle of flowing robe.

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)