The corpus record — Latin

benedictio

benedictio · f

an extolling

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Where it lives

Ad Uxorem 3 · 7.22/10k
De Baptismo 3 · 7.02/10k
De Testimionio Animae 1 · 4.47/10k
De idolatria 3 · 4.35/10k
Adversus Marcionem 30 · 3.62/10k
De Scorpiace 2 · 2.51/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 17 · 2.41/10k
De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k
De Pudicitia 3 · 2.23/10k
De Fuga in Persecutione 1 · 1.88/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 2 · 1.78/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 2 · 1.58/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

bĕnĕdictĭo — Lewis & Short

bĕnĕdictĭo, ōnis, f.benedico, II. (eccl. Lat.),

I an extolling, praising, lauding, App. Trism. p. 82, 11; Vulg. Deut. 16, 10; Tert. Test. Anim. 2.—

B Meton., a consecrated, sacred object: benedictio crucis = frustum sanctae crucis, Paul. Nol. Ep. 32, c. 8.—

II A benediction, blessing, Sulp. de Vita S. Martini, 2, 12; Vulg. Gen. 26, 29; id. Gal. 3, 14.

In the wild

benedictione Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 45
benedictiones Tertullian, Adversus Judaeos Liber 13
benedictionem Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 2.11
benedictionem Tertullian, De Fuga in Persecutione 13
benedictionem Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 5.3
benedictione Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 5.1.p2

6 of 75 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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