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Beneath: Definition and part of speech

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Beneath

  1. adv. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath.
  2. prep. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of.
  3. prep. Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens.
  4. prep. Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming.
  5. adv. In a lower place; underneath.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Benefice: Definition and part of speech

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Benefice

  1. 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.
  2. n. A favor or benefit.
  3. n. An estate in lands; a fief.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Benedicite: Definition and part of speech

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Benedicite

  1. n. An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !.
  2. n. A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Beneficence: Definition and part of speech

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Beneficence

  1. n. The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.