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BENEDICTINE

Benedictine is a liqueur prepared by the Benedictine monks of the abbey of Fecamp, in Normandy, consisting of spirit (fine brandy) containing an infusion of the juices of plants, and said to possess digestive, anti-spasmodic, and other virtues, and to have prophylactic efficacy in epidemics. It has been made in the same way since 1510.
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