Benefice(n.) A favor or benefit.
Benefice(n.) An estate in lands; a fief.
Benefice(n.) 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.
Benefice(v. t.) To endow with a benefice.
Beneficence(n.) The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.
Beneficent(a.) Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.
Beneficently(adv.) In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
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