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benedictus

[ben-i-dik-tuhs] / ˌbɛn ɪˈdɪk təs /


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After which may it please the Lord of Grace that my soul go hence in quest of the Blessed Beatrice who now gazes continuously on the countenance of Him qui est omnia secula benedictus.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus

She kneeled up, crossed herself solemnly in Latin, and began to chant the lovely words of the Angelical Salutation: "Ave Maria! gratia plena, Dominus tecum: benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui Jesus."

From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Cynthia Stockley

In greater doses they invert the motions of the stomach and lacteals; and hence vomit or purge, as carduus benedictus, rhubarb.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

Scabious, Wood-betony, Brown-mayweed, Mints, Avence, Tormentil, Carduus benedictus, and Rosemary as much as of anything else, and Angelica if you will.

From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by Anne MacDonell

Carduus benedictus, honeysuckle, woodbine, oak, orange, rose, sedges, willow.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe




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