benedicite

Example Sentences

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Thou hast in thee nor agility nor benedicite nor thinkest thou of aught save meat and sleep.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

It is needless to reproach me with saying grace, without having said benedicite.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

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

The monks said their benedicite and ate what was set before them.

From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Bolanden, Conrad von

The Dominican, after muttering the benedicite, to which scarcely any one knew how to respond, began to serve the contents.

From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.