beneplaceo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

bĕnē-plăcĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. n.,

to please : alicui, Vulg. 1 Cor. 16, 2.—Hence, P. a. : bĕnēplăcĭtus , a, um, pleasing , acceptable , Vulg. Eccles. 34, 21; Ambros. Isaac et An. 7, 57 init. —As subst.: bĕnē-plăcĭtum , i, n., good pleasure , gracious purpose , Vulg. Eph. 1, 9 et saep.