ALL meanings of benedict
ben·e·dict
B b - noun benedict Saint. ?480–?547 ad, Italian monk: founded the Benedictine order at Monte Cassino in Italy in about 540 ad. His Regula Monachorum became the basis of the rule of all Western Christian monastic orders. Feast day: July 11 or March 14 3
- noun benedict a masculine name: var. Bennet, Bennett 3
- noun benedict Saint( a.d. 480?-543?); It. monk: founder of the Benedictine order: his day is July 11 3
- noun benedict Benedict XIV(born Prospero Lambertini) 1675-1758; pope (1740-58) 3
- noun benedict Benedict XV(born Giacomo della Chiesa) 1854-1922; pope (1914-22) 3
- noun benedict Benedict XVI(born Joseph Ratzinger) 1927- ; pope (2005- ) 3
- noun benedict Ruth (Fulton)1887-1948; U.S. anthropologist 3
- noun benedict a recently married man, esp. one who seemed to be a confirmed bachelor 3
- noun benedict (Giacomo della Chiesa) 1854–1922, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1914–22. 1
- noun benedict (rare) A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor. 0
- adjective benedict (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Having mild and salubrious qualities. 0