Benedict Synonyms

bĕnĭ-dĭkt
A newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. benedick
United States anthropologist (1887-1948)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Ruth Benedict
  2. Ruth Fulton
Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Saint Benedict
  2. st. benedict

Benedict Sentence Examples

  • He was beatified by Benedict XIII.

  • He was made cardinal-priest of Sti Nereo ed Achilleo and administrator of the bishopric of Avignon by Benedict XII.

  • He arrived at the abbey just about the feast of St Benedict (the 21st of March 1522), and there made a confession of his life to a priest belonging to the monastery.

  • He may be reckoned the most illustrious pope since Benedict XIV., and under him the papacy acquired a prestige unknown since the middle ages.

  • The monastery of Wearmouth was founded by Benedict Biscop in 674, and that of Jarrow in 681-682.

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