benedictine
Monte Cassino brother
A benedictine is a sweet herbal liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks in France, often served as an after-dinner drink or mixed in cocktails: a brandy and benedictine.
The formula reportedly includes twenty-seven plants and spices. (Capitalized Benedictine refers to the monastic order.)
Post-meal settling drink
- cordialWarmly friendly manner
- herbalRelating to medicinal plants
- amberHardened ancient tree secretion
- honeyedSweetened or flattering
bittersweet · sipping · neat · B&B · brandy · cocktail · mixology · spirits
Northern French coastal region
- FranceWestern European republic
- DOMDocument interface for browsers
- distilleryAlcohol manufacturing plant
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
digestif
Post-meal settling drink
honeyed · bittersweet · sipping · neat · B&B · brandy · cocktail · mixology · spirits · elixir
Normandy
Northern French coastal region
- FranceWestern European republic
- DOMDocument interface for browsers
- distilleryAlcohol manufacturing plant
benedictineFranciscan
Mendicant order member
Jesuit · Dominican · Carmelite · Augustinian · Trappist
benedictinesecular
Nonreligious, worldly
lay · worldly · layperson · civilian · non-religious
benedictineJesuit
Catholic religious order member
missionary · mendicant · itinerant · itinerant preacher · Franciscan
- Benedictine monksCatholic religious order members