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

President Ouincy says of him: "He was distinguished for his private benevolences and public usefulness."

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.

There are, doubtless, loans which are disguised benevolences, where the lender gets nothing good in return for his loan.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

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