- a newly married man, especially one who has been long a bachelor: From the sublime to the ridiculous—the bride in her most seductive lingerie and the benedict in a pair of ratty old boxers.
- U.S. writer and anthropologist.
- Italian monk: founded Benedictine order.
- U.S. biochemist.
- a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “blessed.”
- 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
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