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Benedict

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Benedict

1
 n
Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
2
 n
United States anthropologist (1887-1948)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Benedict
1

n Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)

Synonyms:
Saint Benedict, St. Benedict
Example of:
monastic, monk
a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
saint
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
2

n United States anthropologist (1887-1948)

Synonyms:
Ruth Benedict, Ruth Fulton
Example of:
anthropologist
a social scientist who specializes in anthropology
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