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Latin
Etymology
From benefaciō. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
beneficentia f (genitive beneficentiae); first declension
- beneficence, kindness
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “beneficentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “beneficentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- beneficentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.