benedicite
Example Sentences
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It is needless to reproach me with saying grace, without having said benedicite.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
Santa benedicite, Pardon my simplicity Fie, Alice, confession Will not salve this transgression.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
The Dominican, after muttering the benedicite, to which scarcely any one knew how to respond, began to serve the contents.
From The Social Cancer by Charles E. Derbyshire
Whilst Padre Guarini recited the benedicite, the Prince and Princess stood with piously clasped hands, the servants waiting.
From Count Br?hl by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski
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 Sir Walter Scott
