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Benedictine :: Benedictine (a.) Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet..

Black Friar :: Black friar () A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine..

Benedictine :: Benedictine (n.) One of a famous order of monks, established by St. Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced into the United States in 1846..

Benedictionary :: Benedictionary (n.) A collected series of benedictions.

Papal :: Papal (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction..

Benediction :: Benediction (n.) The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction..

Benison :: Benison (n.) Blessing; beatitude; benediction.

Malediction :: Malediction (n.) A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction.

Benedict :: Benedict (n.) Alt. of Benedic.

Benedict :: Benedict (a.) Having mild and salubrious qualities.

Benedictive :: Benedictive (a.) Tending to bless.

Black Monk :: Black monk () A Benedictine monk.

Benediction :: Benediction (n.) The act of blessing.

Benedictional :: Benedictional (n.) A book of benedictions.

Cistercian :: Cistercian (n.) A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor..

Tonsure :: Tonsure (n.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders..

Cluniac :: Cluniac (n.) A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. -- Also used as a..

Benedictory :: Benedictory (a.) Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer..

Spinozist :: Spinozism (n.) The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there is but one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of which the so-called material and spiritual beings and phenomena are only modes, and that one this one substance is God..

Benediction :: Benediction (n.) The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop..

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