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"BENEDICTINES" is a common misspelling or typo for: benedictions.

Date "BENEDICTINES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

Specialty Definition: BENEDICTINES

DomainDefinition
SatireBENEDICTINES, n. An order of monks otherwise known as black friars. She thought it a crow, but it turn out to be A monk of St. Benedict croaking a text. "Here's one of an order of cooks," said she -- "Black friars in this world, fried black in the next." "The Devil on Earth" (London, 1712) Source: Devil's Dictionary
LiteratureBenedictines (4 syl.). Monks who follow the rule of St. Benedict, viz. implicit obedience, celibacy, abstaining from laughter, spare diet, poverty, the exercise of hospitality, and unremitting industry. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: BENEDICTINES

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Jericho Benedictines7   Jericho Benedictines7

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).


Computed Synonyms: BENEDICTINES

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 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   3.1997   benedictines     benedictions     boons, consecrations, toasts, ordinations, damns   
 2   2.1192   benedictines     blessings     blisses, prosperities, mercies, favours, greetings   
 3   1.2293   benedictines     beatitudes     blessings, benedictions, beatitude, joys, bliss   
 4   1.2291   benedictines     beagles     hounds, strikers, bloodhounds, whippets, pointers   
 5   1.2290   benedictines     bes     goes, comes, beings, happens, haves   
 6   1.2093   benedictines     felicities     lucks, fortunes, blessings, welfares, felicity   
 7   1.2092   benedictines     mercies     graces, benevolences, charities, pardons, blessings   
 8   1.2090   benedictines     graces     favours, grace, elegances, graced, gracing   
 9   1.2089   benedictines     poses     sets, makes, positions, acts, builds   
 10   1.2089   benedictines     makes     dos, makings, acts, sets, acquires   
 11   1.1292   benedictines     behests     dictates, fiats, precepts, words, ordinances   
 12   1.1292   benedictines     berlins     berliners, carriages, sedans, cars, wagons   
 13   1.1291   benedictines     bezels     hatches, faces, scopes, sides, ranges   
 14   1.1291   benedictines     bequests     estates, devises, hereditaments, testaments, registrations   
 15   1.1290   benedictines     beaus     dandies, gallants, suitors, fops, dudes   
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Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: BENEDICTINES

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 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.0881   benedictines     Order of Saint Benedict     the benedictine order, benedictine monk, benedictine   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: BENEDICTINES

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian benediktinci (benedictines). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, benedictines. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina benediktinci (benedictines). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, benedictines. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech benediktinci (benedictines). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, benedictines. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Benediktinern (benedictines), Benediktinerinnen (benedictines), Benediktiner (benedictine, benedictine monk, Benedictines, Order of Saint Benedict). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, benedictines. (volunteer & more translations)
German Benediktinern (benedictines), Benediktinerinnen (benedictines), Benediktiner (benedictine, benedictine monk, Benedictines, Order of Saint Benedict). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, benedictines. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Benediktinern (benedictines), Benediktinerinnen (benedictines), Benediktiner (benedictine, benedictine monk, Benedictines, Order of Saint Benedict). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, benedictines. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Benediktinern (benedictines), Benediktinerinnen (benedictines), Benediktiner (benedictine, benedictine monk, Benedictines, Order of Saint Benedict). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, benedictines. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). Top

Constructed Language Translations: BENEDICTINES

Language Translations for “benedictines” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin enedictinesbay (benedictines). Additional references: Pig Latin, benedictines. (volunteer)
Terran B Benediktiner (Benedictines). Additional references: Terran B, benedictines. (volunteer)
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