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ST. BENEDICT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
Synonyms:
Benedict; Saint Benedict; St. Benedict
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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)