/ben'i dik"tin, -teen, -tuyn/ for 1, 3; /ben'i dik"teen/ for 2 , n.
1. Rom. Cath. Ch.
a. a member of an order of monks founded at Monte Cassino by St. Benedict about A.D. 530.
b. a member of any congregation of nuns following the rule of St. Benedict.
2. a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks.
adj.
3. of or pertaining to St. Benedict or the Benedictines.
[ 1620-30; St. BENEDICT + -INE 1 ]