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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′)

  1. Benedict, Saint ( 480?-543?); It. monk: founder of the Benedictine order: his day is July 11
    also called Saint Benedict of Nursia Saint Benedict of Nur′·sia (nʉr′sē ə)
  2. , Benedict XIV (born Prospero Lambertini) 1675-1758; pope (1740-58)
  3. (born Giacomo della Chiesa) 1854-1922; pope (1914-22)
  4. (born Joseph Ratzinger) 1927-; pope (2005-)
  5. (-dikt′)
    Benedict, Ruth (Fulton) 1887-1948; U.S. anthropologist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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