benedicite
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The requirements of the metre in this and other passages of Chaucer, show that benedicite was sometimes contracted, in the pronunciation, to ben'cite.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
Santa benedicite, Pardon my simplicity Fie, Alice, confession Will not salve this transgression.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
Who will place A veil between me and the fierce in-throng Of her inexorable benedicite?
From Gloucester Moors and Other Poems by William Vaughn Moody
Soft through her soul there crept The echo of a benedicite, Enwrapping her in calm, triumphant peace.
From Under King Constantine by Katrina Trask
The gentle tone of his benedicite, told me that he had come on an errand of sympathy.
From Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
