benedicite

Example Sentences

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“Benedicite,” whispered the friar in blessing, and closed the door.

From Literature

Santa benedicite, Pardon my simplicity Fie, Alice, confession Will not salve this transgression.

From Project Gutenberg

Having arranged the sisters in seemly order Busch and brother John Bodiker began to intone Benedicite, after the fashion of reformed religious; but the nuns, who had not been accustomed to singing the Benedicite at table, all burst out laughing, instead of following.

From Project Gutenberg

The Abbess says to the child “Sister Margaret, ... if Sister Gertrude come to thee again, say to her: Benedicite, and if she reply to thee, Dominus, ask her whence she comes and what she seeks.”

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The cenobite gave him a grim smile, but merely added his benedicite and passed on.

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