Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

BENEDICITE

Definitions: BENEDICITE

BENEDICITE

Noun

1. An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !.

2. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "BENEDICITE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

"BENEDICITE" is a common misspelling or typo for: benedict, Benedictine, benediction, beneficiate.

 

Specialty Definitions: BENEDICITE

DomainDefinitions

Literature

Benedicite (5 syl.). "Bless you:" a benediction used in the Roman Catholic Church; also the canticle. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Crosswords: BENEDICITE

Non-English Usage: "BENEDICITE" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (bless, praise, speak kindly of, speak well of).

Top     

Commercial Usage: BENEDICITE

DomainTitle

Books

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Image Slideshow: BENEDICITE

Computer Images:
BENEDICITE

More images...

Top     

Modern Translations: BENEDICITE

Language Translations for "BENEDICITE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Farsi 

  

چه خوب , عجب , خیلی خوب (Glorious, Well), خدابرکت دهد, دعای برکت قبل ازغذا. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

asztali áldás (grace). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

enedicitebay

   

Spanish

  

benedícite. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Bible Trace: BENEDICITE

LanguageDateSourceRomans Chapter 12, Verse 14
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEulogeite touV diwkontaV umaV eulogeite kai mh katarasqe
Latin405VulgateBenedicite persequentibus benedicite et nolite maledicere
Old English990West SaxonGebletsie þa þe eower ehtað; bletsie ac ne fordeme.
Middle English1395WyclifBlesse ye men that pursuen you; blesse ye, and nyle ye curse;
Renaissance English1526TyndaleBlesse the which persecute you: blesse but course not.
Jacobean English1611King JamesBless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Victorian English1833WebsterBless them who persecute you; bless, and curse not.
Basic English1964OgdenGive blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Matched Bible Translations: BENEDICITE

LanguageRomans Chapter 12, Verse 14
CebuanoPanghinauti ninyo ang mga nagalutos kaninyo; panghinauti ug ayaw ninyo sila pagpanghimarauta.
Chinese逼 迫 們 的 、 要 給 他 們 祝 福 . 只 要 祝 福 、 不 可 '' 詛 。
CroatianBlagoslivljajte svoje progonitelje, blagoslivljajte, a ne proklinjite!
DanishVelsigner dem, som forfølge eder, velsigner og forbander ikke!
DutchZegent hen, die u vervolgen; zegent en vervloekt niet.
FinnishSiunatkaa vainoojianne, siunatkaa, älkääkä kirotko.
FrenchBénissez ceux qui vous persécutent, bénissez et ne maudissez pas.
GermanSegnet, die euch verfolgen; segnet und fluchet nicht.
Haitian CreoleMande Bondye pou l' beni moun k'ap pèsekite nou; mande benediksyon, pa mande madichon pou yo.
HungarianÁldjátok azokat, a kik titeket kergetnek; áldjátok és ne átkozzátok.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariMintalah kepada Allah supaya Ia memberkati orang-orang yang kejam terhadapmu. Ya, minta Allah memberkati mereka, jangan mengutuk.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaPintakanlah berkat bagi orang yang menganiaya kamu; pintakanlah berkat dan jangan melaknatkan orang.
ItalianBenedite coloro che vi perseguitano, benedite e non maledite.
LatvianSvçtiet tos, kas jûs vajâ, svçtiet, bet nelâdiet!
MaoriManaakitia te hunga e tukino ana i a koutou: manaakitia, kaua e kanga.
NorwegianVelsign dem som forfølger eder; velsign, og forbann ikke!
Portugueseabençoai aos que vos perseguem; abençoai, e não amaldiçoeis;   
RumanianBinecuvkntayi pe cei ce vq prigonesc: binecuvkntayi wi nu blestemayi.
ShuarYajauch awajtamainia nu shiir awajsatarum. Yus yajauch yumintsuk nu shuaran pénker Túrawarat tusarum seattiarum.
SpanishBendecid a los que os persiguen; bendecid y no maldigáis.
SwahiliWatakieni baraka wote wanaowadhulumu ninyi; naam, watakieni baraka na wala msiwalaani.
SwedishVälsignen dem som förfölja eder; välsignen, och förbannen icke.
UmaAne ria tauna to mpobalinai' -koi, merapi' -koi hi Alata'ala bona nagane' -ra. Gane' -ra, neo' nitipo' -ra.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Anagrams: BENEDICITE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-c-d-e-e-e-i-i-n-t"

-2 letters: benedict, indictee.

-3 letters: eidetic, enticed, identic, incited.

-4 letters: bendee, betide, citied, deceit, decent, edenic, endite, entice, incite, indict, indite, tineid.

-5 letters: bidet, bindi, binit, cebid, cited, debit, deice, diene, edict, indie, niece, nitid, teiid, teind, tined.

 Words containing the letters "b-c-d-e-e-e-i-i-n-t"
 

+2 letters: beneficiated, indefectible.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     

Alternative Orthography: BENEDICITE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 45 4E 45 44 49 43 49 54 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .    -.    .    -..    ..    -.-.    ..    -    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000101 01001110 01000101 01000100 01001001 01000011 01001001 01010100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#69 &#78 &#69 &#68 &#73 &#67 &#73 &#84 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0045 004E 0045 0044 0049 0043 0049 0054 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36394839384337435439

Top     

 

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Translations: Modern
6. Bible Trace
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.