benedicite
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The monks said their benedicite and ate what was set before them.
From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Conrad von Bolanden
And here again Chaucer has brought his own experience, though half in jest, as a parallel to the sack of Ilion and Carthage or the burning of Rome— So hideous was the noise, benedicite!
From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton
"Who clappeth?" said this wife; "benedicite, God save you, Sir, what is your sweete will?"
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
Come, my friends, let us have peace, and say our benedicite.
From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
The Capuchin had taken the same precaution, and followed Peregrine into the room, pronouncing benedicite, and crossing himself with many marks of astonishment.
From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by T. (Tobias) Smollett
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