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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Benedicite

/bĕn'ə-dĭsʹĭ-tē/ · Ben·e·dic·i·te · IPA /ˌbɛnəˈdɪsɪti/
01 n. A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. I…
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    A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.
02 interj. An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !.
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    An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !.