benedict Definition
ben·edict (ben′ə dikt′)
noun
a recently married man, esp. one who seemed to be a confirmed bachelor
Etymology: alteration of Benedick, the bachelor in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing who marries Beatrice
Benedict¹ Definition
Ben·edict (ben′ə dikt′)
noun
a masculine name: var. Bennet, Bennett
Etymology: LL(Ec) Benedictus, lit., blessed: see benediction
Benedict² Definition
Ben·edict (ben′ə dikt′)
Benedict, Saint ( 480?-543?); It. monk: founder of the Benedictine order: his day is July 11
, Benedict XIV (born Prospero Lambertini) 1675-1758; pope (1740-58)
(born Giacomo della Chiesa) 1854-1922; pope (1914-22)
(born Joseph Ratzinger) 1927-; pope (2005-)
- -dikt′
Benedict, Ruth (Fulton) 1887-1948; U.S. anthropologist
Browse dictionary entries near benedict
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- ‹ bends
- ‹ bending loss
- ‹ bending
- ‹ Bendigo
- ‹ bender
- ‹ bended
- ‹ Benday process
- ‹ bend sinister
- ‹ bend radius
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