Definition of Benedictine

Ben`e`dic´tine
a.1.Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet.
n.1.(Eccl. Hist.) 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.


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