0 an organization that gives money to and helps a particular group of people in need:
a benevolent society for sailors' widows
That was, first and foremost, the kind of benevolent society which would see to it that the interests of the people and the community came first.
In private life, he was among the first to promote useful and benevolent societies.
We do not enjoy our franchise as a privilege bestowed on us by a benevolent society.
The tenth, if not a monster, could be offered to some other benevolent society.
The mining industry is a benevolent society, and a notice would be pinned to the wall.
This particular society, however, is not a relief or benevolent society: it is a religious society.
With the repeal of the law of mortmain there is no need for any restriction on the amount of land to be held by a benevolent society.
The city possesses also a benevolent society and two other societies.
