benefactress

Definitions

A female benefactor.

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Equivalents

Examples

“Oh, youthful benefactress! how often in succeeding years, standing in solitary places, and thinking of thee with grief of heart and perfect love⟳—how often have⟳ I wished that, as in ancient times, the curse of a father was believed to have⟳ a supernatural power, and to pursue⟳ its object with a fatal necessity of self-fulfilment; even so the benediction of a heart oppressed with gratitude might have⟳ a like⟳ prerogative, might have⟳ power given to it from above to chase⟳, to haunt, to waylay, to overtake⟳, to pursue⟳ thee into the central darkness of a London brothel, or (if it were possible) into the darkness of the grave, there to awaken thee with an authentic message of peace and forgiveness, and of final reconciliation!”

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