benedicite
Example Sentences
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Fair lords," he said, "our lady's love, And peace be with you from above, And benedicite!
From Ten Great Events in History by James Johonnot
It is needless to reproach me with saying grace, without having said benedicite.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
Soft through her soul there crept The echo of a benedicite, Enwrapping her in calm, triumphant peace.
From Under King Constantine by Katrina Trask
I welcome this solemn old brotherhood, which stand gray-bearded, like monks, old, dark, solemn, sighing a certain mournful sound—like a benedicite through the leaves.
From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
He obtained an interview with the Pope, very ceremonious; and dined with a French cardinal, where the benedicite and repetitions of grace, very long, were recited antiphonally by two chaplains.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
