BPage 105
- 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.