benevolences
Example Sentences
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The Xeric Foundation, along with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, stands as one of comicdom's twin benevolences.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Patiently they awaited lustrous benevolences of Dazbog the Sun God.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The contributions to all boards and benevolences have been increased.
From Six Thousand Country Churches by Gill, Charles Otis
The expenses were defrayed by benevolences from the City Companies, and ten years' fees, fines, and amercements.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
When benevolences had become a grievance, to diminish the odium they invented more inviting phrases.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac