benedicite

Example Sentences

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Dear husband, benedicite, Fares every knight thus with his wife as ye?

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

Fair lords," he said, "our lady's love,   And peace be with you from above,     And benedicite!

From Ten Great Events in History by Johonnot, James

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

"Who clappeth?" said this wife; "benedicite, God save you, Sir, what is your sweete will?"

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

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