Definition of Benedect
Benedict, the name of fourteen popes: B. I., from 574 to 575;
B. II., from 684 to 685; B. III., from 855 to 858; B. IV.,
from 900 to 907; B. V., from 964 to 965; B. VI., from 972 to
974; B. VII., from 975 to 984; B. VIII., from 1012 to 1024;
extended the territory of the Church by conquest, and effected certain
clerical reforms; B. IX., from 1033 to 1048, a licentious man, and
deposed; B. X., from 1058 to 1059; B. XI., from 1303 to 1304;
B. XII., from 1334 to 1342; B. XIII., from 1724 to 1730;
B. XIV., from 1740 to 1758. Of all the popes of this name it would
seem there is only one worthy of special mention.
- Wikipedia
{ Ben"e*dict (&?;), Ben"e*dick (&?;), }
n. [From Benedick, one of the characters in
Shakespeare's play of "Much Ado about Nothing."] A married man, or a
man newly married.
Ben"e*dict, a. [L. benedictus, p. p.
of benedicere to bless. See Benison, and cf. Bennet.]
Having mild and salubrious qualities. [Obs.] Bacon.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (rare) A newly married man.
Benedict- A male given name, meaning "blessed".
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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