benedicite
Example Sentences
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Dear husband, benedicite, Fares every knight thus with his wife as ye?
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
And here again Chaucer has brought his own experience, though half in jest, as a parallel to the sack of Ilion and Carthage or the burning of Rome— So hideous was the noise, benedicite!
From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton
Fair lords," he said, "our lady's love, And peace be with you from above, And benedicite!
From Ten Great Events in History by James Johonnot
The Capuchin had taken the same precaution, and followed Peregrine into the room, pronouncing benedicite, and crossing himself with many marks of astonishment.
From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by T. (Tobias) Smollett
Sainte Mary, benedicite, How might a man have any adversite That hath a wife? certes I cannot say.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
