benedicite
Example Sentences
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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
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
And here again Chaucer has brought his own experience, though half in jest, as a parallel to the sack of Ilion and Carthage or the burning of Rome— So hideous was the noise, benedicite!
From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton
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
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 Frederick John Lazell
