Benedictine

[ ben-i-dik-tin, -teen, -tahyn for 1, 3; ben-i-dik-teen for 2 ]

/ ˌbɛn ɪˈdɪk tɪn, -tin, -taɪn for 1, 3; ˌbɛn ɪˈdɪk tin for 2 /

Roman Catholic Church.

a member of an order of monks founded at Monte Cassino by St. Benedict about a.d. 530.
a member of any congregation of nuns following the rule of St. Benedict.

a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks.

of or relating to St. Benedict or the Benedictines.

Origin of Benedictine

1620–30; St. Benedict + -ine¹

The government of Colombia decided to loan the 28,000 square meter fixer-upper to a fraternity of hermetic Benedictine monks.

Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens |Jeff Campagna |June 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In 2002, Michelle Elzay began photographing the Benedictine nuns of the Saint Marie Du Maumont convent, in the Charente in France.

Get Thee To … |Blake Gopnik |August 14, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He chronicles the booze he was vacuuming up: Benedictine and brandy, wine, Bourbon and Seven.

A Democrat's Guide to Bush's Book |Bryan Curtis |November 10, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
The first time was to my boarding school alma mater, Portsmouth Abbey, an excellent place run by Benedictine monks.

My Commencement Address |Christopher Buckley |May 17, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

San Martino, the site of a suppressed Benedictine monastery, is the next spot of interest.

The Mediterranean |T. G. (Thomas Gray) Bonney, E. A. R. Ball, H. D. Traill, Grant Allen, and Arthur Griffiths
The Benedictine rule in his opinion was formed for novices and invalids.

A Short History of Monks and Monasteries |Alfred Wesley Wishart
Tywardreath is a little town where once was a Benedictine priory.

Cornwall |Sabine Baring-Gould
Though it became important, and at last the chief of the Benedictine houses in England, it was not one of the earliest.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans |Thomas Perkins
This has some manufactures, and was formerly the seat of a Benedictine monastery.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 |Various

Benedictine

(ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪn, -taɪn) a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community founded by or following the rule of Saint Benedict

(ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktiːn) a greenish-yellow liqueur made from a secret formula developed at the Benedictine monastery at Fécamp in France in about 1510

(ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪn, -taɪn) of or relating to Saint Benedict, his order, or his rule