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Benedictine

Benedictine noun: a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict of Nursia.

Noun

Benedictine (plural Benedictines)

  1. A monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict of Nursia.
    • Some of her most interesting remarks on writing appear in her letters to Sister Mariella Gable, a strong-minded Minnesota Benedictine who admired O'Connor greatly. In the fifties, O'Connor tells a friend, when Sister Mariella's bishop ordered her to stop teaching Catcher in the Rye, she defied him...1981 February 14, Peg Cruikshank, “The Warmth Shines Through”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 15
  2. A type of liqueur originating from the Benedictine cloister of Fécamp in France, made from cognac together with herb and spice extracts.
    • Cripps differed from Partridge there, and proceeded to prove, by personal instances, that the safest thing for a man to drink was benedictine.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 137
    • Many liqueurs, among them chartreuse and benedictine, have long been held in great esteem as aphrodisiac aids.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 138

Adjective

Benedictine (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to St. Benedict of Nursia.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Benedictine Order.
    • Hypothetically, Srinivasan suggests network states for people who eat specific diets (kosher, keto), for people who don’t like FDA regulation, for people who don’t like cancel culture, for people who want to live like Benedictine monks, for people who might want to limit internet use by putting...2024 February 5, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “Meet Me in the Eternal City”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN
    • As they were speaking, there appeared on the road two Benedictine friars mounted on two dromedaries, for the two mules they rode on were surely no smaller than that.Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 61

Benedictine meaning in Tamil

Benedictine in Tamil

நறுமண மது வகை

Forms of Benedictine

pluralBenedictines

Origin of Benedictine

From French bénédictin, from Latin benedictus, named after Italian 6th century Saint Benedict of Nursia (Latin: Benedictus Nursiae). Recorded in English from the 17th century. By surface analysis, Benedict + -ine.

Questions about Benedictine

What does Benedictine mean?
Benedictine means a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict of Nursia.
What is Benedictine in Tamil?
Benedictine in Tamil is நறுமண மது வகை. See Benedictine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Benedictine?
Benedictine can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Benedictine?
The plural of Benedictine is Benedictines.

Words near Benedictine in the dictionary

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  2. Benedict's tests
  3. Benedicta
  4. benedicted
  5. Benedictin
  6. Benedictine
  7. Benedictines
  8. benedicting
  9. Benedictinism
  10. Benedictins
  11. benediction

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