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Definition of Benedict

1. Noun. United States anthropologist (1887-1948).

2. Noun. Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547).

3. Noun. A newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor).

Definition of Benedict

1. n. A married man, or a man newly married.

2. a. Having mild and salubrious qualities.

Definition of Benedict

1. Proper noun. (given name male from=Latin), best known for the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order. ¹

2. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

3. Noun. (rare) A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Benedict

1. a newly married man [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benedict

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Literary usage of Benedict

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"I. The Life of Benedict. Organization and Direction of the Monastic Life (5 3). ... The Life of Benedict: The only early authority on the life of Benedict, ..."

2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"Benedict, JE 6319. — media. Benedict, JE 6319. — mexicana. Benedict ... 6319. — nuda. Benedict, JE 6319. - perlata. Benedict, JE 6319. ..."

3. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1877)
"Benedict was in all likelihood the Pope whom Earl Harold found in possession at the ... It is certain that Benedict sent to Arch- Benedict bishop Stigand ..."

4. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1869)
"Benedict. The War. Speech of Hon. EC Benedict, in the Assembly of the State of ... Benedict (GG) The Battle of Gettysburgh, and the Part taken therein by ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature by William Johnson (1864)
"On the 29th chared from of May, 1815, Gilbert Benedict was discharged from his impris- K'^"^ ... 1815, against the property of Benedict; and the premises in ..."

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