benedicite
Example Sentences
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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 Scott, Walter, Sir
The Capuchin had taken the same precaution, and followed Peregrine into the room, pronouncing benedicite, and crossing himself with many marks of astonishment.
From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
Who will place A veil between me and the fierce in-throng Of her inexorable benedicite?
From Gloucester Moors and Other Poems by Moody, William Vaughn
The Dominican, after muttering the benedicite, to which scarcely any one knew how to respond, began to serve the contents.
From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.
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
