benedicite interjection & noun. [bɛnɪ'dʌɪsɪti] ME.
[Latin, 2nd person pl. imper. of benedicere wish well to, bless, from bene well + dicere say.]
A. interjection.
1. Expr. a wish: God bless you! ME.

2. Expr. astonishment: Good gracious! ME.
b. noun.
1. An invocation of a blessing; esp. a grace at table. ME.

2. Christian Church. the Benedicite, the canticle beginning Benedicite, omnia opera 'O all ye works [of the Lord], bless ye [the Lord]', known also as 'The Song of the Three Children', which is an alternative to the Te Deum at matins in the Book of Common Prayer. M17.

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