benedicite

Example Sentences

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The knight of Chaucer exclaims, with chivalrous energy, To fight for a lady! a benedicite!

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir

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

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

The benedicite of the Druid woods, always appreciated by the few, like Lowell, is coming to be understood by the many.

From Some Winter Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John

Prior Aymer, therefore, and his character, were well known to our Saxon serfs, who made their rude obeisance, and received his "benedicite, mes filz," in return.

From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir