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Ben·e·dic·tine

(bĕn′ĭ-dĭk′tĭn, -tēn′)

A monk, nun, or oblate belonging to the Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Benedict of Nursia.

Ben′e·dic′tine adj.

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Benedictine

1. (Christian Churches, other) a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community founded by or following the rule of Saint Benedict

2. (Brewing) a greenish-yellow liqueur made from a secret formula developed at the Benedictine monastery at Fécamp in France in about 1510

adj

(Roman Catholic Church) of or relating to Saint Benedict, his order, or his rule

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Ben•e•dic•tine

(ˌbɛn ɪˈdɪk tɪn, -tin, -taɪn)

n.

a. a member of an order of monks founded at Monte Cassino by St. Benedict about A.D. 530.

b. a member of any congregation of nuns following the rule of St. Benedict.

adj.

2. of or pertaining to St. Benedict or the Benedictines.

[1620–30]

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Noun	1.	Benedictine - a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict Benedictine order, order of Saint Benedict - a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities religious - a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
	2.	benedictine - a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks cordial, liqueur - strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
Adj.	1.	Benedictine - of or relating to Saint Benedict or his works
	2.	Benedictine - of or relating to the Benedictines

Translations

Benediktiner

bénédictin

benedettino

Benedictine

[ˌbenɪˈdɪktɪn]

A. ADJ → benedictino

B. N → benedictino m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Benedictine

[ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktaɪn ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktiːn ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪn]

n (= monk, nun) → bénédictin(e) m/f

adj [abbey, monastery] → bénédictin(e)
a Benedictine monk → un bénédictin

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Benedictine

(Eccl) → Benediktiner(in) m(f)

(= liqueur) → Benediktiner m

adj → Benediktiner-

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Benedictine

[ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪn] adj & n → benedettino/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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My instructor sometimes looked in upon me when he was out for an evening tramp, and I noticed that he was more likely to linger and become talkative if I had a comfortable chair for him to sit in, and if he found a bottle of Benedictine and plenty of the kind of cigarettes he liked, at his elbow.

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lies buried at Reading, in the Benedictine abbey founded by him there, the ruins of which may still be seen; and, in this same abbey, great John of Gaunt was married to the Lady Blanche.

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``What mean these fellows by their capricious insolence?'' said the Templar to the Benedictine,

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"On that point," replied the bachelor, "opinions differ, as tastes do; some swear by the adventure of the windmills that your worship took to be Briareuses and giants; others by that of the fulling mills; one cries up the description of the two armies that afterwards took the appearance of two droves of sheep; another that of the dead body on its way to be buried at Segovia; a third says the liberation of the galley slaves is the best of all, and a fourth that nothing comes up to the affair with the Benedictine giants, and the battle with the valiant Biscayan."

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1830; The Bravo, 1831; The Heidenmauer, or the Benedictines, 1832; The Headsman, 1833; A Letter to his Countrymen, 1834; The Monikins, 1835; Sketches of Switzerland, 1836; Gleanings in Europe: 1837; (England)

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She was a nun in the convent of the Benedictines of Templemar.

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"Because, monsieur, there is in front of the square tower of the Benedictines, towards the southern point, the bank of the Moines ."

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Fri, Sep 6, Moline at Benet (Benedictine University), 7:30 p.m.

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I first discovered the Benedictine way when I was in graduate school.

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Benedict Parish in Barangay Holy Spirit in Quezon City, in solemn commemoration of the Feast of Saint Benedict, the patriarch of Western monks and the founder of the Benedictine Order.

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Hildegard of Bingen: Scientist, Composer, Healer & Saint pairs gorgeous drawings by Demi with a biography that follows the journey of a girl who became a nun at age 18, taking the Benedictine habit.