benedicite

Example Sentences

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The Father rose politely and greeted them respectfully in Latin: "Benedicite nomen Domini."

From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r

Below the angels with their outstretched arms in the pendentives the western sides of the great transverse arches have inscriptions from the Benedicite, and on their eastern from Romans i.

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

"The God of Love—ah, Benedicite, How mighty and how great a lord is he!"

From The God of Love by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

Bene: the first syllables of Benedicite; here the charm begins to work. v.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

"Benedicite, good gentlemen!" he said, and went out with bowed head and a rustle of flowing robe.

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)