BENEDICTINE
\bˈɛnɪdˌɪktiːn], \bˈɛnɪdˌɪktiːn], \b_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_d_ˌɪ_k_t_iː_n]\
Definitions of BENEDICTINE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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of or relating to Saint Benedict or his works
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a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks
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a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict
By Princeton University
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of or relating to Saint Benedict or his works
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a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks
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a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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One of an order of monks named after St. Benedict, called also Black Friars from the color of their dress.
By Daniel Lyons
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ben-e-dik'tin, adj. pertaining to St Benedict or his monastic rule.--n. a Black Friar or monk of the order founded at Monte Cassino by St Benedict of Nursia (480-543), which became famous for its learning: a cordial or liqueur resembling Chartreuse, distilled at Fécamp in Normandy--once distilled by Benedictine monks.
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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