Largesses [noun]
Definition of Largesses:
benefit
Sentence/Example of Largesses:
His largesses were abundant, and the uproar of vehement thanksgiving, was ever on the watch from the venal multitude.
How many men are embarrassed by their vast possessions, and cannot support the odium attached to the largesses of Sylla!
You are fed by the largesses of the Emperor, you have your two loaves a day and your pork, and you need not and so do not work.
The eyes of the rabble were easily turned from the movements of the government by horse-racing, theatres, largesses.
It is from the old French largesse; but the idea admits of number, and accordingly we find the plural, largesses, still in use.
The friendship of Marcellinus, count of the sacred largesses, supplied with a liberal hand the means of seduction.
In vain had largesses been lavished upon the people, and propitiatory sacrifices offered to the gods.
Columbus tried the effect of largesses, refusing to barter, and made gifts of the Spanish baubles.
The aristocracy conceived the plan of offering battle to the author of the corn largesses and land assignations on his own ground.
He threw about his largesses with an unstinting hand, and everything went smoothly with him.