benedicite

Example Sentences

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The knight of Chaucer exclaims, with chivalrous energy, To fight for a lady! a benedicite!

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir

Soft through her soul there crept The echo of a benedicite, Enwrapping her in calm, triumphant peace.

From Under King Constantine by Trask, Katrina

"Who clappeth?" said this wife; "benedicite, God save you, Sir, what is your sweete will?"

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

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 Pope, Alexander

The King, awaking at peep of day, called to mind the vision of the night, and returning thanks to the Almighty, made his orisons and kneeling invoked a benedicite.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir