Part 1044

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens.</def>

<blockquote>Our country sinks <b>beneath</b> the yoke. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; <as>as, brutes are <ex>beneath</ex> man; man is <ex>beneath</ex> angels in the scale of beings</as>. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming.</def>

<blockquote>He will do nothing that is <b>beneath</b> his high station. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beneath</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Be*neath"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In a lower place; underneath.</def>

<blockquote>The earth you take from <b>beneath</b> will be barren. <i>Mortimer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; <as>as, in earth <ex>beneath</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Benedicite</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Ben`e*dic"i*te</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., (imperative pl.,) bless ye, praise ye.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Benedicite</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Ben`e*dic"i*te</hw>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Benedicite</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>An exclamation corresponding to <i>Bless you</i> !.</def>

<h1>Benedict, Benedick</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw><hw>Ben"e*dict</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ben"e*dick</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Benedick</ets>, one of the characters in Shakespeare's play of "Much Ado about Nothing."]</ety> <def>A married man, or a man newly married.</def>

<h1>Benedict</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Ben"e*dict</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>benedictus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>benedicere</ets> to bless. See <er>Benison</er>, and cf. <er>Bennet</er>.]</ety> <def>Having mild and salubrious qualities.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Benedictine</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Ben`e*dic"tine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet.</def>

<h1>Benedictine</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Ben`e*dic"tine</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a famous order of monks, established by St. Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced into the United States in 1846.</def>

<note>&hand; The Benedictines wear black clothing, and are sometimes called <i>Black Monks</i>. The name Black <i>Fr<?/<?/<?/<?/rs</i> which belongs to the Dominicans, is also sometimes applied to the Benedictines.</note>

<h1>Benediction</h1> <Xpage=136>

<hw>Ben`e*dic"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>benedictio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>b\'82n\'82diction</ets>. See <er>Benison</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of blessing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness.</def>

<blockquote>So saying, he arose; whom Adam thus Followed with <b>benediction</b>. <i> Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Homeward serenely she walked with God's <b>benediction</b> upon her. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

Specifically: <def>The short prayer which closes public worship; <as>as, to give the <ex>benediction</ex></as>.</def>