First Known Use: 1821
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benedict
noun ben·e·dict \ˈbe-nə-ˌdikt\
Definition of BENEDICT
: a newly married man who has long been a bachelor
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Origin of BENEDICT
alteration of Benedick, character in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
Rhymes with BENEDICT
Benedict
biographical name Ben·e·dict \ˈbe-nə-ˌdikt\
Definition of BENEDICT
name of 16 popes: especially XIV (Prospero Lambertini) 1675–1758 (pope 1740–58); XV (Giacomo della Chiesa) 1854–1922 (pope 1914–22); XVI (Joseph Alois Ratz*ing*er \ˈrät-siŋ-ər\ ) 1927– (pope 2005–13)
Benedict
biographical name
Definition of BENEDICT
Ruth 1887–1948 née Fulton Am. anthropol.
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