benedict Meaning and Definition
1. n. a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
2. n. Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
3. n. United States anthropologist (1887-1948)
Benedict most commonly refers to Saint Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict and thereby of Western Monasticism (Benedictine).
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