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Benedict :: Benedict (n.) Alt. of Benedic.

Benedictine :: Benedictine (n.) One of a famous order of monks, established by St. Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced into the United States in 1846..

Malediction :: Malediction (n.) A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction.

Benediction :: Benediction (n.) The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction..

Benediction :: Benediction (n.) The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop..

Papal :: Papal (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction..

Benediction :: Benediction (n.) A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness..

Benedictory :: Benedictory (a.) Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer..

Benedictional :: Benedictional (n.) A book of benedictions.

Benedict :: Benedict (a.) Having mild and salubrious qualities.

Benedictive :: Benedictive (a.) Tending to bless.

Maurist :: Maurist (n.) A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature..

Black Monk :: Black monk () A Benedictine monk.

Benediction :: Benediction (n.) A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God..

Black Friar :: Black friar () A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine..

Benediction :: Benediction (n.) The act of blessing.

Benedictionary :: Benedictionary (n.) A collected series of benedictions.

Unblest :: Unblest (a.) Not blest; excluded from benediction; hence, accursed; wretched..

Cistercian :: Cistercian (n.) A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor..

Mass :: Mass (n.) The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus..

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