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Benedict

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Benedict ♂ From Church Latin benedictus ‘blessed’. This was the name of the saint (c.480–c.550) who composed the Benedictine rule of Christian monastic life that is still followed in essence by all Western orders. He was born near Spoleto in Umbria, central Italy. After studying in Rome, he went to live as a hermit at Subiaco, and later organized groups of followers and imitators into monastic cells. In c.529 he moved to Monte Cassino, where he founded the great monastery that is still the centre of the Benedictine order. His rule is simple, restrained, and practical. See also Bennett.

Variant: Bennett.
Cognates: Scottish Gaelic: Benneit. German, Dutch: Benedikt. Danish: Bendt, Bent. Norwegian: Bendik. Swedish: Bengt. French: Benoît. Spanish: Benito. Catalan: Benet. Portuguese: Bento. Italian: Benedetto. Russian: Venedikt. Polish: Benedykt. Czech: Benedikt. Finnish: Pentti. Hungarian: Benedek. Latvian: Bendikts.

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Benedict

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Benedict •addict, afflict, conflict, constrict, contradict, convict, delict, depict, evict, hand-picked, inflict, interdict, Pict, predict, strict •edict •Benedict • verdict •imperfect, perfect, pluperfect, word-perfect •object • subject • relict • district •concoct, decoct •landlocked • dreadlocked •unprovoked, unsmoked •uncooked, unlooked •abduct, adduct, conduct, construct, destruct, duct, instruct, misconduct, obstruct •ventiduct • aqueduct • product •safe-conduct • viaduct •handworked, unworked •mulct • unthanked • sacrosanct •distinct, extinct, succinct •precinct • instinct •conjunct, defunct, disjunct, injunct •adjunct • unasked

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