Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Erroneous forms of beneficence, beneficent.
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Examples
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A man of courage, compassion, beneficience, and a ear to listen to others, slow to judge, yet, quick to respond.
Obama Tells Arab World U.S. Will ‘Start by Listening’ - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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On the other side, socialists often decry charity as the last bastion of individualism and a rejection of the community as the proper source of beneficience.
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Note that he is not questioning the existence or role of a designer in general, but rather is objecting to assigning a property–beneficience–to a designer of biological systems and cites a biological phenomenon–the feeding habits of Ichneumon wasp larvae–as justification.
Stephen Meyer on Bad Biological Designs - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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The thing I love most about tomatoes other than their effulgent, puerile nature is their beneficience.
Viv Cooks! 2006
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The thing I love most about tomatoes other than their effulgent, puerile nature is their beneficience.
Seattle Bon Vivant: 2005
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By the Will of Allah in beneficience and merciful:
Endnotes... 2006
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In order to make the situation what it ought to be, and worthy of the beginning, made possible by your beneficience, I estimate that the sum of $15,000 will be necessary.
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As a monument of his beneficience may be mentioned an asylum for foundlings which he established at his own expense.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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"Well, then, Swordsley --" He held out a thick, red hand that seemed to exude beneficience, and the clergyman, pressing it, ventured to murmur a suggestion.
The Choice 1908
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The brightness and joy of a new life follow everywhere in the wake of such practical beneficience.
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