Helpful or good to something or someone. / Relating to a benefice.

Something that is beneficial.

(rare) A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.

(obsolete) Having mild and salubrious qualities.

(rare) to bless. / (of eggs) To poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.

(chemistry) A solution of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate and copper sulphate whose colour changes from blue to yellow or red in the presence of reducing sugars such as glucose.

(uncountable) Disposition to do good. / (uncountable) Charitable kindness. / (countable) An altruistic gift or act.

(countable) A male given name from Latin, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes. / (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.

A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).

An economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg; one of the precursors of the European Union; the countries which constitute this union.