English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Benefic
(a.)
Favorable; beneficent.
Benefice
(n.)
A favor or benefit.
Benefice
(n.)
An estate in lands; a fief.
Benefice
(n.)
An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the
Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance
of divine service. See Advowson.
Benefice
(v. t.)
To endow with a benefice.
Beneficed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Benefice
Beneficed
(a.)
Possessed of a benefice or church preferment.
Beneficeless
(a.)
Having no benefice.
Beneficence
(n.)
The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness,
or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.
Beneficent
(a.)
Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness
and charity; characterized by beneficence.
Beneficential
(a.)
Relating to beneficence.
Beneficently
(adv.)
In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
Beneficial
(a.)
Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage,
use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate.
Beneficial
(a.)
King.
Beneficial
(a.)
Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful;
advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed
by to.
Beneficially
(adv.)
In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably;
helpfully.
Beneficialness
(n.)
The quality of being beneficial; profitableness.
Beneficiaries
(pl. )
of Beneficiary
Beneficiary
(n.)
One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives
a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an
educational fund or a trust estate.
Beneficiary
(n.)
A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice
and uses its proceeds.