benedicite

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Benedicite is taken from the Apocryphal Book of "The Song of the Three Children" and has been used from very ancient times as a hymn in Christian Worship.

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

From noise of scare-fires rest ye free, From murder, Benedicite.

From The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times by Smith, John Thomas

Sing about the cattle the Benedicite and some litanies and the Pater Noster.

From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair