benedicite

See also: Benedicite and bénédicité

Italian

Etymology

From Latin benedīcō (“I commend”), bene- +‎ dico.

Noun

benedicite m (invariable)

grace (prayer said before a meal)

Latin

Verb

benedīcite

second-person plural present active imperative of benedīcō

References

benedicite in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Interjection

benedicite

bless you
- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale
  "What? Absolon, what? Christe's sweete tree, / Why rise so rath? hey! Benedicite, / What aileth you? some gay girl, God it wote, / Hath brought you thus upon the viretote […]

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