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benedict

noun

1 Benedict

United States anthropologist (1887-1948).

synonyms: Ruth Benedict, Ruth Fulton.

2 Benedict

Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547).

synonyms: Saint Benedict, St. Benedict.

3 benedict

A newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor).

synonym: benedick.

Roget 903: marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage, miscegenation, the bonds of marriage, vinculum matrimonii [Lat.], nuptial tie.    married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation.    match; ... show more


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