SAINT BENEDICT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Benedict; Saint Benedict; St. Benedict

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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)

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