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Definition of Benevolences
1. benevolence [n] - See also: benevolence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benevolences
Literary usage of Benevolences
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"Lastly, we must take account of the benevolences. If these were supposed to be
included under the £8458 the amount would not be serious. ..."
2. Source-book of English History: Leading Documents, Together with by Guy Carleton Lee (1900)
"benevolences (1622) Rushworth's Collection! Card-well Documents Edward IV., in
1473, was the first king to mask the forced loans exacted by several of his ..."
3. A History of Taxation and Taxes in England: From the Earliest Times to the by Stephen Dowell (1884)
"benevolences. Popularity of Edward with the towns. His demands for benevolences.
The benevolent widow. His gentle fashions towards the rich citizens. ..."
4. Select Documents of English Constitutional History by George Burton Adams, Henry Morse Stephens (1906)
"An Act to free Subjects from benevolences (1484. ... nor by such like charge;
and that such exactions called benevolences, afore this time taken be taken ..."
5. The Country Church: The Decline of Its Influence and the Remedy by Charles Otis Gill, Gifford Pinchot (1913)
"benevolences constitute about 8 or 9 per cent of church expenditures in ...
Reckoning in dollars, 7 towns increased their benevolences while 1 decreased. ..."
6. The Paston letters, A.D. 1422-1509: New complete library ed by James Gairdner (1904)
"—contributions called ' benevolences,' because they were supposed, ... That he
visited Norwich about that time, and solicited benevolences there, ..."
7. The Methodist Review (1882)
"—THE PROBLEM OF OUR CHURCH benevolences. THE success of our missionaries in
foreign lands, the achievements of our Church Extension Society, the work done ..."
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