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Benedicite

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Ben`e`dic´i`te
n.1.A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.
interj.1.An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !.


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However, Tess found at least approximate expression for her feelings in the old BENEDICITE that she had lisped from infancy; and it was enough.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
Invited by Benassis, who summoned each in turn so as to avoid questions of precedence, the doctor's five guests went into the dining-room; and after the cure, in low and quiet tones, had repeated a Benedicite, they took their places at table.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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