Beneficialness

Usefulne ; profit; helpfulne . Beneficiary, ( ben -é - fish i -a-ri,) n. One who holds a benefice. "In the first case the beneficiary is obliged to serve the parish church in his own proper person."-Ayliffe. -A person who is benefited or a isted. "The Duke of Parma was tempted by no le promise, than to be made a feudatory, or beneficiary king of England."- Bacon . Benefic i ent, a. [Lat. benefaciens.] Doing good. (0. or R.) Beneficium Naturæ. [Lat., a benefit of nature.] (Med.) A term used by the French pathologists for cases in which diseases have got well without medical treatment. With them, Bénéfice de nature means also a spontaneous diarrhea, often acting favorably either in the prevention, or cure, of disease.