benedict

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Synonyms for benedict

noun male marriage partner

Antonyms for benedict

bride

groom

noun. man being married

Word Origin & History

"newly married man" (especially one who had seemed a confirmed bachelor), 1821, from the character Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing" (1599). The name is from Late Latin Benedictus, literally "blessed," from Latin benedicte "bless (you)" (see benediction). This also produced the proper name Bennet; hence also benet (late 14c.), the third of the four lesser orders of the Roman Catholic Church, one of whose functions was to exorcize spirits.

Example Sentences for benedict

In 1843, Mr. Benedict was a member of the City Council, and president of that body.

For one term previous to that time Mr. Benedict was city attorney.

He felt mean and traitorous, a Benedict Arnold on a small scale.

"She was too young in thy time, Benedict," concluded the old man jocosely.

Mr. Benedict thought there might be, though he had never seen any.

“It is not to Father Benedict I confess them,” she said, with a little curl of her lips.

Benedict the Jew in vain pleaded parchments; his usuries were too many.

With the degeneration of Innocent and Benedict we may compare Fr.

But the boy Benedict in his happy home knew little of these.

Many hundreds of years ago there lived a boy called Benedict.

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Synonyms for benedict

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