Benedictine adjective 2noun 2forms 1 adjective2 •Of or pertaining to St. Benedict of Nursia. •Of or pertaining to the Benedictine Order.As they were speaking, there appeared on the road two Benedictine friars mounted on two dromedaries, for the two mules they rode on were surely no smaller than that. — 1605 noun2 •A monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict of Nursia. •A type of liqueur originating from the Benedictine cloister of Fécamp in France, made from cognac together with herb and spice extracts.Cripps differed from Partridge there, and proceeded to prove, by personal instances, that the safest thing for a man to drink was benedictine. — 1913 formsBenedictines
