Definition of benedict
(Entry 1 of 4)
: a newly married man who has long been a bachelor
Benedict
noun (2)variants:
or less commonly benedict
plural Benedicts or benedicts
Definition of Benedict (Entry 2 of 4)
: eggs Benedict or a variation on eggs Benedict made with one or more different ingredients
Its specialty is eggs, ranging from omelets, frittatas and Benedicts, to fried and poached. — The New York Times On the menu: For breakfast and brunch, sweet and savory crepes, five varieties of benedicts … and four kinds of French toast.— Shonda Talerico Dudlicek … the nearly 100 recipes—one for a baked oyster and wild mushroom casserole, one for oysters with pancetta and leeks, one for oysters Benedict …— Peggy Brawley
Benedict
biographical name (1)Definition of Benedict (Entry 3 of 4)
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 Ratzinger \ ˈrät-siŋ-ər
\ ) 1927– (pope 2005–13)
Benedict
biographical name (2)Definition of Benedict (Entry 4 of 4)
Ruth 1887–1948 née Fulton American anthropologist
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The first known use of benedict was in 1821
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