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Benedictus :: Benedictus (a.) The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.

Cluniac :: Cluniac (n.) A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. -- Also used as a..

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

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

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..

Benedictine :: Benedictine (a.) Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

Benison :: Benison (n.) Blessing; beatitude; benediction.

Spinozist :: Spinozism (n.) The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there is but one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of which the so-called material and spiritual beings and phenomena are only modes, and that one this one substance is God..

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..

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

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

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

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