benedicite

Example Sentences

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Soft through her soul there crept The echo of a benedicite, Enwrapping her in calm, triumphant peace.

From Under King Constantine by Trask, Katrina

The Dominican, after muttering the benedicite, to which scarcely any one knew how to respond, began to serve the contents.

From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.

The King, awaking at peep of day, called to mind the vision of the night, and returning thanks to the Almighty, made his orisons and kneeling invoked a benedicite.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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

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.