benedicite

Example Sentences

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Then to my lodgings driving with me back, He left me with a Benedicite!

From The Woman Who Dared by Sargent, Epes

The Benedicite was first placed in the English Prayer Book in the year 1549, to be sung as an alternate to the Te Deum.

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James

The Benedicite takes the place of the Te Deum and the Ash Wednesday Collect is used every day throughout the Season.

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James

I don't know—I only know that meaning no disrespect, no irreverence, I could have sung aloud from the Benedicite: "Omnia opera Domini!"

From Life on the Stage by Morris, Clara

Perhaps in the dark corners the ghosts of confessed sins were lurking; above the spot where we knelt many a "Benedicite" had fallen upon humble hearts waiting to receive it.

From The Love Story of Abner Stone by Litsey, Edwin Carlile