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
Patiently they awaited lustrous benevolences of Dazbog the Sun God.
From Time Magazine Archive
In reply to question 7, eight declared that the benevolences had increased, three that they had remained the same, one said benevolences varied in different years, while in three the benevolences had declined.
From Six Thousand Country Churches by Gill, Charles Otis
Each of the federating churches maintains its own corporate identity and its affiliation with its own denomination, to which it sends its contributions for benevolences and denominational work.
From The Farmer and His Community by Sanderson, Dwight
The reaction from his fear, the recognition of her fear, stirred in him a love more personal than any of the vast benevolences that he had felt.
From The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
