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[ ben-i-dik-tin, -teen, -tahyn for 1, 3; ben-i-dik-teen for 2 ] / ˌbɛn ɪˈdɪk tɪn, -tin, -taɪn for 1, 3; ˌbɛn ɪˈdɪk tin for 2 /
nounRoman Catholic Church. - a member of an order of monks founded at Monte Cassino by St. Benedict about a.d. 530.
- a member of any congregation of nuns following the rule of St. Benedict.
a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks. adjectiveof or relating to St. Benedict or the Benedictines. Origin of Benedictine1620–30; St. Benedict + -ine1 Words nearby BenedictineBenedick, benedict, Benedict I, Benedict II, Benedict III, Benedictine, benediction, benedictional, Benedict IV, Benedict IX, benedictory Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for BenedictineThe government of Colombia decided to loan the 28,000 square meter fixer-upper to a fraternity of hermetic Benedictine monks. Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 2002, Michelle Elzay began photographing the Benedictine nuns of the Saint Marie Du Maumont convent, in the Charente in France. Get Thee To …|Blake Gopnik|August 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST He chronicles the booze he was vacuuming up: Benedictine and brandy, wine, Bourbon and Seven. A Democrat's Guide to Bush's Book|Bryan Curtis|November 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST The first time was to my boarding school alma mater, Portsmouth Abbey, an excellent place run by Benedictine monks. My Commencement Address|Christopher Buckley|May 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
San Martino, the site of a suppressed Benedictine monastery, is the next spot of interest. The Mediterranean|T. G. (Thomas Gray) Bonney, E. A. R. Ball, H. D. Traill, Grant Allen, and Arthur Griffiths The Benedictine rule in his opinion was formed for novices and invalids. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries|Alfred Wesley Wishart Tywardreath is a little town where once was a Benedictine priory. Cornwall|Sabine Baring-Gould Though it became important, and at last the chief of the Benedictine houses in England, it was not one of the earliest. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans|Thomas Perkins This has some manufactures, and was formerly the seat of a Benedictine monastery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5|Various
British Dictionary definitions for Benedictine
noun(ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪn, -taɪn) a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community founded by or following the rule of Saint Benedict (ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktiːn) a greenish-yellow liqueur made from a secret formula developed at the Benedictine monastery at Fécamp in France in about 1510 adjective(ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪn, -taɪn) of or relating to Saint Benedict, his order, or his rule Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |