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  • English Word Benedictive Definition Tending to bless.
  • English Word Benedictory Definition Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer.
  • English Word Benedictus Definition The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.
  • English Word Benedight Definition Blessed.
  • English Word Benefaction Definition The act of conferring a benefit.
  • English Word Benefaction Definition A benefit conferred; esp. a charitable donation.
  • English Word Benefactor Definition One who confers a benefit or benefits.
  • English Word Benefactress Definition A woman who confers a benefit.
  • English Word Benefic Definition Favorable; beneficent.
  • English Word Benefice Definition A favor or benefit.
  • English Word Benefice Definition An estate in lands; a fief.
  • English Word Benefice Definition 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.
  • English Word Benefice Definition To endow with a benefice.
  • English Word Beneficed Definition of Benefice
  • English Word Beneficed Definition Possessed of a benefice or church preferment.
  • English Word Beneficeless Definition Having no benefice.
  • English Word Beneficence Definition The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.
  • English Word Beneficent Definition Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.
  • English Word Beneficential Definition Relating to beneficence.
  • English Word Beneficently Definition In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
  • English Word Beneficial Definition Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed by to.
  • English Word Beneficial Definition Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate.
  • English Word Beneficial Definition King.
  • English Word Beneficially Definition In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably; helpfully.
  • English Word Beneficialness Definition The quality of being beneficial; profitableness.
  • English Word Beneficiaries Definition of Beneficiary
  • English Word Beneficiary Definition Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
  • English Word Beneficiary Definition Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts.
  • English Word Beneficiary Definition A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds.
  • English Word Beneficiary Definition 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.