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Benedictine
[ ben-i-dik-tin, -teen, -tahyn ben-i-dik-teen ]
noun
- 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.
- a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks.
adjective
- of or relating to St. Benedict or the Benedictines.
Benedictine
noun
- ˌɛɪˈɪɪ-ٲɪ a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community founded by or following the rule of Saint Benedict
- ˌɛɪˈɪپː a greenish-yellow liqueur made from a secret formula developed at the Benedictine monastery at Fécamp in France in about 1510
adjective
- ˌɛɪˈɪɪ-ٲɪ of or relating to Saint Benedict, his order, or his rule
Word History and Origins
Origin of Benedictine1
Example Sentences
Butker made headlines last summer for delivering a fire-and-brimstone commencement address at Benedictine College that many labeled misogynistic, antisemitic and homophobic.
One Benedictine monk became so worked up about the issue he clearly dedicated significant thought and time to it.
More than a week after making headlines with his controversial commencement address at Benedictine College, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker attended his team’s first day of voluntary workouts.
Jon Stewart weighed in on the controversy swirling around Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, whose commencement speech at Benedictine College was criticized as misogynistic and homophobic.
“As men, we set the tone of the culture, and when that is absent, disorder, dysfunction and chaos set in,” he told male graduates last week at Benedictine College in Kansas.
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