benedict

(ben′ə dikt′)

noun

a recently married man, esp. one who seemed to be a confirmed bachelor

Origin: alteration of Benedick, the bachelor in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing who marries Beatrice

noun

a masculine name: var. Bennet, Bennett

Origin: LL(Ec) Benedictus, lit., blessed: see benediction

Benedict, Saint ( 480?-543?); It. monk: founder of the Benedictine order: his day is July 11
also called Saint Benedict of Nursia
, 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-)
Benedict, Ruth (Fulton) 1887-1948; U.S. anthropologist