Benedict
Latin for blessed
Benedict is a traditional male given name meaning "blessed." It appears most prominently in the line of popes bearing the name—Pope Benedict XVI resigned in 2013.
A benedict (lowercase) is a newly married man, especially one who had long been a bachelor, from the character Benedick in Shakespeare's *Much Ado About Nothing*.
Eggs Benedict is a breakfast dish of poached eggs on an English muffin with hollandaise sauce.
A Benedict Arnold is a traitor, after the American Revolutionary War general who defected to the British.
Emulsified butter-egg sauce
- brunchMorning-afternoon meal hybrid
- poachedIllegally hunted or taken
- muffinSmall domed pastry
- Canadian baconCured pork loin rounds
yolk · Florentine · Royale · breakfast · runny · sauce · emulsion · buttery
hollandaise
Emulsified butter-egg sauce
Canadian bacon · yolk · Florentine · Royale · breakfast · runny · sauce · emulsion · buttery · ham
Pope
Catholic Church's supreme leader
- SaintHoly person's title
- ArnoldMasculine Germanic name
- monasticismCloistered religious living
Cumberbatch · patron · papal · Joseph · abbey · Vatican · pontiff · religious · Catholic · order
Arnold
Masculine Germanic name
West Point · defector · spy · British · patriot · conspiracy · infamous · American · disgrace · loyalist
- Papal NamesGregory, Innocent, John, Leo, Paul
- ZelaznyCorwin, Merlin, Oberon, Brand, Caine
- Medieval NamesAlfred, Baldwin, Beatrice, Blanche, Edgar
- Saint NamesAgatha, Agnes, Ambrose, Andrew, Anthony
- elegant namesVictoria, Arabella, Genevieve, Josephine, Evangeline
- monasticismabbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister
Benedictpatriot
Devoted country supporter
loyalist · Nathan Hale · faithful · true-blue · steadfast
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- eggs BenedictPoached dish with hollandaise
- Benedict ArnoldAmerican defector to Britain
- Pope Benedict XVISixteenth pope named Benedict
- St. BenedictFounder of Benedictines
- Saint BenedictFather of Western monasticism
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