Definitions for Benedictine

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Benedictine Ben·e·dic·tine

Spelling: [ben-i-dik-tin, -teen, -tahyn for 1, 3; ben-i-dik-teen f

IPA: /ˌbɛn ɪˈdɪk tɪn, -tin, -taɪn for 1, 3; ˌbɛn ɪˈdɪk tin for 2/

Benedictine is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 244 anagrams from letters in Benedictine (bcdeeeiinnt).

Definitions for Benedictine

noun

1. Roman Catholic Church. a member of an order of monks founded at Monte Cassino by St. Benedict about a.d. 530. a member of any congregation of nuns following the rule of St. Benedict.
2. a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks.

adjective

1. of or relating to St. Benedict or the Benedictines.

Origin of Benedictine

1620-30; St. Benedict + -ine¹

Examples for Benedictine

He recommended a "teeny" glass of Benedictine, a bottle of which was kept ready.

He chronicles the booze he was vacuuming up: Benedictine and brandy, wine, Bourbon and Seven.

This was a Benedictine abbey of great repute in the diocese of Rouen.

Then Durtal was able to think over his Sundays at the Benedictine nuns.

Argument, even the temporary absence of Benedictine, had been unavailing.

Valentinus was a Benedictine monk and was still living at Erfurt in 1413.

The first time was to my boarding school alma mater, Portsmouth Abbey, an excellent place run by Benedictine monks.

The government of Colombia decided to loan the 28,000 square meter fixer-upper to a fraternity of hermetic Benedictine monks.

Have you invited the Benedictine Fathers to your fete in the wood?

In 2002, Michelle Elzay began photographing the Benedictine nuns of the Saint Marie Du Maumont convent, in the Charente in France.