Benedicite
Ecclesiastical. the canticle beginning in Latin Benedicite, omnia opera Domini, and in English “O all ye works of the Lord.”.
Historical Examples
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 Various
A Spirit in Prison Robert Hichens
The Serf Guy Thorne
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
Ravenshoe Henry Kingsley
The Serf Guy Thorne
Chaucer’s Works, Volume 6 (of 7) — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes Geoffrey Chaucer
Grisly Grisell Charlotte M. Yonge
The Serf Guy Thorne
The Old English Herbals Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
noun
(esp in Christian religious orders) a blessing or grace
interjection
(obsolete) an expression of surprise
noun
(Christianity) a canticle that originated as part of the Song of the Three Holy Children in the secondary addition to the Book of Daniel, beginning Benedicite omnia opera Domini Domino in Latin, and O all ye Works of the Lord in English
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