benedicite

Example Sentences

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The knight of Chaucer exclaims, with chivalrous energy, To fight for a lady! a benedicite!

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir

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 Stowe, Harriet Beecher

He heard the supper gong sounding: he knew his way to the door well enough; he entered the familiar hall with a benedicite, and without any more words took his place.

From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace

The benedicite of the Druid woods, always appreciated by the few, like Lowell, is coming to be understood by the many.

From Some Winter Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John

The monks said their benedicite and ate what was set before them.

From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Bolanden, Conrad von