benedictus

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benedictus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Benedictus \Ben`e*dic"tus\, n. [L., blessed. See Benedict, a.]
     The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist
     (--Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin
     version.
     [1913 Webster]