benedicite

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‘While Father Fontesecco is in the first stage of beatitude, chanting through his nose the Benedicite, I will attempt,’ said Guiberto, ‘to comfort Monna Tita.’

From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage

The old knight placed her hand in his, and the King said "Benedicite."

From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

Then to my lodgings driving with me back, He left me with a Benedicite!

From The Woman Who Dared by Sargent, Epes

The Benedicite is sung instead of the Te Deum; the Benedictus is recited in full, and the Collect for the First Sunday in Advent is used daily throughout the Season.

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James

The great transverse arches are inscribed on their western sides from the Benedicite: "Omnes volucres cœli."

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Dimock, Arthur