单词 | benedicite |
释义 | benediciteint.n. A. int. 1. as expressing a wish: Bless you! ΚΠ 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 397 He bygan benedicite with a bolke. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 48 Benedicite, My sone..Thou shalt be shrive of bothe two. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iii. 41 Grace goe with you, Benedicite . View more context for this quotation 2. as expressing astonishment or remonstrance: Bless us! Good gracious! ΚΠ c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 780 What? liveth not thy lady, benedicite? c1386 G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 156 A! quod the sompnour, benedicite! what ye say. c1420 Sir Amadace 647 Sir Amadas seyd Benedicite! Sir, leyt such wordes bee. B. n. 1. Invocation of a blessing on oneself or others. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > blessing > [noun] blessing1070 benisonc1320 benediction1432 benedicite1610 beation1652 1610 G. Fletcher Christ's Victory in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 55 And all the way he went he ever blest With benedicities. 1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. ii. 79 One eyed the shrouds and swelling sail, With many a benedicite. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. ii. 22 The..friar, answered his reverend greeting with a paternal benedicite. 2. esp. The blessing asked at table. (The earliest sense in English.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > blessing > [noun] > asked at table benedicite?c1225 grace?c1225 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 37 Bituewene mel þe drinke wule segge benedicite. Potum nostrum filius dei benedicat. 1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 208 The first [prayer] at the Beginning of the Repast..what we call Benedicite. 1842 C. G. F. Gore Fascination 109 We may repent having laughed at the benedicite last night at supper! ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance > a benefit > that makes happy or prosperous benedicitea1300 blessing1340 felicityc1385 boon1767 a1300 Dame Siriz 193 Bendicite be herinne! c1314 Guy Warw. 206 Gaf him swiche bendicite That he brak his nek ato. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xii. 108 Bensté, bensté Be vs emang. 4. The canticle in the Book of Common Prayer, known also as ‘The Song of the Three Children’. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > benedictional > [noun] Benedictus1549 benedicitec1661 prophecy1730 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > canticle > specific MagnificatOE nunc dimittisOE Benedictus1549 benedicitec1661 requiem1772 prophecy1853 Agnus1961 c1661 Grand Deb. Rev. & Alteration Bk. Common Prayer 3 You will not allow the omission of the Benedicite. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < int.n.?c1225 |
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