SAINT BENEDICT

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• SAINT BENEDICT (noun)
  The noun SAINT BENEDICT has 1 sense:

1. Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)

  Familiarity information: SAINT BENEDICT used as a noun is very rare.

• SAINT BENEDICT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Benedict; Saint Benedict; St. Benedict

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)