benedicite
Example Sentences
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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
Finally the Count gave the sign to rise, and as we were saying our "benedicite" I saw the Castellanic stealing away, and he did not appear again.
From The Journal of Countess Fran?oise Krasinska Great Grandmother of Victor Emmanuel by Kasimir Dziekonska (translator)
"Who clappeth?" said this wife; "benedicite, God save you, Sir, what is your sweete will?"
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
Whilst Padre Guarini recited the benedicite, the Prince and Princess stood with piously clasped hands, the servants waiting.
From Count Br?hl by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
