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A prayer; boon. [Archaic] What is good for a bootless bene Wordsworth.

At or during pleasure. For our English judges there never was . . . any bene placito as their tenure. F. Harrison.

A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis).

See Neaped.

in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. "Beneath the mount." Ex. xxxii. 19. Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies. Pope.

A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.

Having mild and salubrious qualities. [Obs.] Bacon.

A married man, or a man newly married.

Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet.

r affectionate invocation of happiness. So saying, he arose; whom Adam thus Followed with benediction. Milton. Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her. Longfellow. Specifically:

A book of benedictions.

A collected series of benedictions. The benedictionary of Bishop Athelwold. G. Gurton's Needle.

Tending to bless. Gauden.

Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer. Thackeray.

The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.

Blessed. [R.] Longfellow.

The act of conferring a benefit. Johnson.

One who confers a benefit or benefits. Bacon.

A woman who confers a benefit. His benefactress blushes at the deed. Cowper.

Favorable; beneficent. Milton.