0 an organization that gives money to and helps a particular group of people in need: --
a benevolent society for sailors' widows
The definition would also include benevolent societies and working-men's clubs.
The trade unions, which are losing their meaning these days, could go back to being the benevolent societies that they began as.
Then trade unions have funds from which they pay out for the benefit of dependants; co-operative societies do the same; benevolent societies do the same.
Such traditional musical funerals still take place when a local musician, a member of a club, krewe, or benevolent society, or a noted dignitary has passed.
In contrast to the benevolent societies, these organisations did not cooperate directly with the public authorities in order to investigate individuals' circumstances.
This practice continued in the 1920s, and benevolent societies also engaged physicians at fixed fees to treat their members.
The society converted itself into a benevolent society but substantially kept its aims.
The city possesses also a benevolent society and two other societies.
