benevolences
Example Sentences
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Patiently they awaited lustrous benevolences of Dazbog the Sun God.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Xeric Foundation, along with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, stands as one of comicdom's twin benevolences.
From Time Magazine Archive
The contributions to all boards and benevolences have been increased.
From Six Thousand Country Churches by Gill, Charles Otis
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
Let us not disparage the importance of adding forty people to the church membership, or doubling the size of the Sunday school, or tripling the benevolences, or increasing the congregations.
From The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity by Fiske, George Walter
