Definition of Benefactresses

1. Noun. (plural of benefactress) ¹

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Definition of Benefactresses

1. benefactress [n] - See also: benefactress

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benefactresses

benedictives
benedictory
benedicts
benedight
benefact
benefaction
benefactions
benefactive
benefactive case
benefactive cases
benefactive role
benefactor
benefactors
benefactour
benefactress
benefactresses
benefactrix
benefacts
benefic
benefice
beneficed
beneficence
beneficences
beneficent
beneficential
beneficently
benefices
beneficial
beneficial owner
beneficially

Literary usage of Benefactresses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Inner Jerusalem by Ada Goodrich-Freer (1904)
"... BETWEEN MOSLEM AND CHRISTIAN WOMEN—CHRISTIANS OF THE WORKING CLASS—MANNERS—HOSPITALITY—NOTABLE WOMEN— Benefactresses IT is but natural that woman, ..."

2. The Journal of Sacred Literature by John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1863)
"The names of these benefactresses are engraved in Latin letters on the chalice and on the paten. On the chalice is the following ..."

3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"She is the chief of my benefactresses.' "' Reverend Sir, by what means does one thus become chief benefactress?' "' By praying for a hundred thousand ..."

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