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beneficing

beneficing is the present participle and gerund of benefice.

Meaning of benefice

Verb

benefice (third-person singular simple present benefices, present participle beneficing, simple past and past participle beneficed)

  1. To bestow a benefice upon
    • There are two volumes, "The Open Door for Man's approach to God" (London, 1650) and "A Consideration of Infant Baptism" (London, 1653), by John Horne, who was beneficed at All Hallows, King's Lynn.1917, George A. Stephen, Three Centuries of a City Library

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Questions about beneficing

What is beneficing the present participle and gerund of?
Beneficing is the present participle and gerund of benefice.

Words near beneficing in the dictionary

  1. beneficiating
  2. beneficiation
  3. beneficiations
  4. beneficience
  5. beneficient
  6. beneficing
  7. beneficious
  8. beneficium
  9. benefics
  10. Benefiel
  11. Benefield

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