Vocabulary : Beneaped to Benedictive

Beneaped : See Neaped.
Beneath : Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. ;; Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens. ;; Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming. ;; In a lower place; underneath. ;; Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath.
Benedicite : 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. ;; An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !.
Benedick : A married man, or a man newly married.
Benedict : Alt. of Benedick ;; Having mild and salubrious qualities.

Benedictine : Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet. ;; 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.
Benediction : The act of blessing. ;; A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness. ;; The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction. ;; The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop. ;; A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God.
Benedictional : A book of benedictions.
Benedictionary : A collected series of benedictions.
Benedictive : Tending to bless.

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