benedicite
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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 Sir Walter Scott
Prior Aymer, therefore, and his character, were well known to our Saxon serfs, who made their rude obeisance, and received his "benedicite, mes filz," in return.
From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Soft through her soul there crept The echo of a benedicite, Enwrapping her in calm, triumphant peace.
From Under King Constantine by Katrina Trask
A pilgrim came from o'er the sea; Benedicite! benedicite!
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
"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
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