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Saint Benedict of Nursia
Variant of benedict
benedict
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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
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