benitier

[Fr. bénitier.] A ve el for holy water placed at the door of Roman Catholic churches. běn-i-şốn, † běn-i-zon, * běn -ni-zon, * ben-i-soun, * ben-e-son, * ben-esoun, ben-y-son, s. [Contracted form of Fr. bénédiction . Compare also béni ant = ble ing, pr. par. of bénir = to ble . In Sp. bendicion; Port. bençao : Ital. benedizione; Lat. benedictio.] A ble ing, a benediction. [BENEDICTION.] 1. Used chiefly in poetry. "Without our grace, our love, our benizon ." Shakesp. Lear, L. L "The bounty and the benizon of heav'n." Ibid ., iv. 6. 2. More rarely in prose. a bennizon frae some o' the auld dead abbots." -Scott: Antiquary, ch. xxi.