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Definition of Beneficences
1. beneficence [n] - See also: beneficence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beneficences
Literary usage of Beneficences
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by American Baptist Home Mission Society (1912)
"This moans $20.72 per member for all purposes and $2.38 for beneficences, or
$28.73 Per resident member for air purposes and $3.92 for ..."
2. The History of Carleton College: Its Origin and Growth, Environment and Builders by Delavan Levant Leonard (1904)
"Growth in numbers was steady, the membership increasing from 397 to 5OI» while
the beneficences swelled from $2384 to ..."
3. College Administration by Charles Franklin Thwing (1900)
"who converted his home into a site for the university ; and the beneficences of
the University of California have come quite largely from those living in or ..."
4. Religion in History and in Modern Life: Together with an Essay on the Church by Andrew Martin Fairbairn (1894)
"The Anglican Church, too, has here failed signally, often in spite of her many
beneficences, sometimes even because of the form her ..."