bénédicité
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See also: benedicite and Benedicite
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin benedīcite, a plural imperative of benedīcō (“to bless, to praise”) found as the first word of several grace prayers. Doublet of bénissez, second-person plural imperative of bénir.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bénédicité m (plural bénédicités)
- grace (short prayer before or after a meal)
Further reading[edit]
- “bénédicité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.