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Beneficiaries :: Beneficiaries (pl. ) of Beneficiar.

Bonitary :: Bonitary (a.) Beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil; as, bonitary dominion of land..

Prebendary :: Prebendary (n.) A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. See Note under Benefice, n., 3..

Benefice :: Benefice (v. t.) To endow with a benefice.

Beneficial :: Beneficial (a.) King.

Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (n.) One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate.

Beneficence :: Beneficence (n.) The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness..

Impropriation :: Impropriation (n.) The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation..

Collate :: Collate (v. i.) To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary..

Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (a.) Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts..

Living :: Living (n.) The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives.

Appropriation :: Appropriation (n.) The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.

Beneficed :: Beneficed (a.) Possessed of a benefice or church preferment.

Benefit :: Benefit (n.) Beneficence; liberality.

Collation :: Collation (v. t.) The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift..

Donative :: Donative (n.) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3..

Benefice :: Benefice (n.) An estate in lands; a fief.

Prebend :: Prebend (n.) A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice..

Gracious :: Gracious (a.) Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty..

Commendator :: Commendator (n.) One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary.

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