Benedictine

Definitions: Benedictine

Benedictine

Adjective

1. Of or relating to Saint Benedict or his works.

2. Of or relating to the Benedictines.

Noun

1. A monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict.

2. A French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks.

Date "Benedictine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Benedictine

Domain	Definitions
19th Century Satire	A married female. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
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Specialty Definition: Benedictine

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The longest lasting of the western monastic orders, the Benedictine Order traces its origins to the adoption of the monastic life by St. Benedict of Nursia (Norcia) in the early 6th century.

Benedict, founder of the monastery of Monte Cassino between Naples and Rome, wrote a "Rule" or plan of life for his monastery that remains an influence on monasticism today, the Rule of St Benedict.

The motto of the Benedictine Order is: ora et labora, or "pray and work." Benedictine life stresses both. Benedict, as leader of the group of men that grew up around him, developed a plan of life that stressed balance and moderation: a vegetarian diet, regular hours for sleep, regular hours for prayer, and regular hours for manual labor.

The model for the monastic life under Benedict was the family, with the abbot as father and all the monks as brothers. Priesthood was initially an unimportant part of monasticism - monks used the services of their local pastor. Because of this, female monasticism with an abbess as mother worked as well as male monasticism.

External link

The Order of Saint Benedict

Synonym: Benedictine

Synonym by domain: benedictines (food & agriculture).

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Synonyms within Context: Benedictine

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Clergy	Cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer; canon regular, canon secular; Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites; Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite; Augustinian; Gilbertine; Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars; Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine; Templar, Hospitaler; Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Benedictine

English words defined with "Benedictine": Anselm ♦ Benedict, Black monk, brother ♦ Cluniac ♦ Leonine verse ♦ Saint Anselm, Saint Benedict, St Anselm, St Benedict ♦ Westminster Abbey. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Benedictine": BENEDICT ♦ Camal dolites ♦ Gesta Romanorum ♦ Olivetans ♦ Ramsay the Rich. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Benedictine

Domain	Title
Books	A Rare Benedictine (reference) A Spirit Loose in the World: The Extraordinary Journey of a Beloved Benedictine Abbot in Search of Man's Place in the World and His Relationship Wit (reference) Benedictine Roots in the Development of Deaf Education: Listening With the Heart (reference) Friend of the Soul: A Benedictine Spirituality of Work (reference) Heart Whispers: Benedictine Wisdom for Today (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Benedictine

"Benedictine" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 73.39% of the time. "Benedictine" is used about 109 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	73.39%	80	37,112
Noun (proper)	26.61%	29	64,444
Total	100.00%	109	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Benedictine

Expression using "Benedictine": the benedictine order. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Benedictine

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
benedictine university	175	benedictine oblates	5
benedictine	140	benedictine school	5
benedictine college	84	benedictine cleveland high school	4
benedictine monk	23	benedictine academy	4
benedictine monastery	22	benedictine de domingo monk santo silos	4
benedictine university illinois	20	benedictine brandy	3
benedictine hospital	20	benedictine liqueur	3
benedictine high school	20	benedictine college kansas	3
benedictine heritage	17	benedictine erie sister	3
illinois benedictine college	15	benedictine erie	3
illinois benedictine	12	benedictine cross	3
benedictine nun	10	benedictine liquor	3
benedictine order	10	benedictine monastery pecos	3
benedictine abbey	9	benedictine dom	3
benedictine rule	9	benedictine st	3
benedictine sister	8	benedictine book prayer	3
benedictine health system	8	benedictine detroit	3
benedictine military school	8	benedictine university il	3
benedictine spirituality	7	benedictine il lisle university	2
benedictine community	5	atchison benedictine college kansas	2
benedictine lisle university	5	benedictine oblate	2
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Modern Translations: Benedictine

Language		Translations for "Benedictine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		Benediktynermonnik (Benedictine monk), Benediktyner (Benedictine monk). (various references)

Albanian		murg benediktin. (various references)

Arabic		‏الخمر البنيديكتية, ‏الراهبة البينديكتية, ‏الراهب البنيديكتي. (various references)

Bulgarian		монах-бенедектинец. (various references)

Chinese		本尼迪克特教团 (BENEDICTINES). (various references)

Dutch		benedictýner monnik (Benedictine monk), benedictýn (Benedictine monk). (various references)

Esperanto		benediktanto, benediktano (Benedictine monk). (various references)

Finnish		munkkilikööri. (various references)

French		bénédictine, bénédictin. (various references)

German		Benediktiner (Benedictine monk, benedictines). (various references)

Greek		βενεδικτίνη. (various references)

Hungarian		bencés szerzetes, bencés. (various references)

Italian		benedettino. (various references)

Korean		� 네�"�트회 수사 (BENEDICTINES). (various references)

Manx		jough Venedictagh, Benedictagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		enedictinebay

Portuguese		beneditino (Benedictine monk). (various references)

Romanian		benedictin. (various references)

Russian		бенедиктинец. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		benediktinac, benediktin. (various references)

Spanish		benedictino. (various references)

Swedish		benediktin. (various references)

Turkish		benediktin papaz tarikatı üyesi, fransız likörü. (various references)

Ukranian		чернець (brother, coenobite, conventual, friar, monastic, obedientiary, regular, religious), бенедиктийський. (various references)

Vietnamese		thầy tu theo dòng thánh Bê-nê-đích rượu ngọt bênêđictin. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Benedictine

Misspellings
	"Benedictine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Benedettini, benedicite. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Benedictine

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-c-d-e-e-e-i-i-n-n-t"
	-3 letters: benedict, enceinte, incident, indecent, indictee, tendence.
	-4 letters: dentine, eidetic, enticed, identic, incited.
	-5 letters: bendee, bennet, betide, binned, citied, deceit, decent, dentin, edenic, endite, entice, incite, indene, indent, indict, indite, intend, intine, tineid, tinned.
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