benedicite

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The Benedicite is sung instead of the Te Deum; the Benedictus is recited in full, and the Collect for the First Sunday in Advent is used daily throughout the Season.

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James

From noise of scare-fires rest ye free, From murders Benedicite; From all mischances that may fright Your pleasing slumbers in the night, Mercy secure ye all, and keep The goblin from ye while ye sleep.

From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles

Perhaps in the dark corners the ghosts of confessed sins were lurking; above the spot where we knelt many a "Benedicite" had fallen upon humble hearts waiting to receive it.

From The Love Story of Abner Stone by Litsey, Edwin Carlile

"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)

And at the end of every Psalm throughout the Year, and likewise at the end of Benedicite, Benedictus, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis, shall be repeated.

From Ritual Conformity Interpretations of the Rubrics of the Prayer-Book by Unknown