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  2. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY meaning: 1. an organization that gives money to and helps a particular group of people in need: 2. an…. Learn more.

  3. The Benevolent Society, founded by Edward Smith Hall in 1813, is Australia's first and oldest charity. The society is an independent, not-for-profit organization whose main goals include helping families, older Australians and people with disabilities.

  4. 1. a. : marked by or disposed to doing good. a benevolent donor. b. : organized for the purpose of doing good. a benevolent society. 2. : marked by or suggestive of goodwill. benevolent smiles. benevolently adverb. benevolentness noun. Did you know? Benevolent Has a Good History.

  5. Benevolent comes from the Latin bene, "well," and volent, from a verb meaning "to wish." A benevolent society is a charity group organized to serve a community through programs, sponsorships, and donations.

  6. BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS. There were essentially three types of benevolent society in colonial and early national America. The oldest were mutual societies, such as the St. Andrew's Society (Charleston, 1729) and the Union Society (Savannah, 1750).

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