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English Dictionary: 'Beneficiaries' by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beneficiary \Ben`e*fi"ci*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Beneficiaries}.
      1. A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and
            uses its proceeds. --Ayliffe.
  
      2. One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a
            benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income
            from an educational fund or a trust estate.
  
                     The rich men will be offering sacrifice to their
                     Deity whose beneficiaries they are.   --Jer. Taylor.
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