benedicite

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Marie de Clairvaut trembled from anxiety and apprehension, and only returned the friar's benedicite by an inclination of the head and an assurance that she did not stand in need of the consolation he offered.

From Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

I welcome this solemn old brotherhood, which stand gray-bearded, like monks, old, dark, solemn, sighing a certain mournful sound—like a benedicite through the leaves.

From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

He heard the supper gong sounding: he knew his way to the door well enough; he entered the familiar hall with a benedicite, and without any more words took his place.

From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace

The gentle tone of his benedicite, told me that he had come on an errand of sympathy.

From Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

Pietro pretended to consent, and began, to utter, by way of preface, the word "benedicite."

From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Orr, Sutherland, Mrs.