| Poor people could not always afford candles, and one of the cathedral deans, Andrew Kilkenny, came to their rescue with a benefaction. |
| Older animals or animals suffering from arthritis experience the comfort offered by a water mattress as a real benefaction. |
| Many museums were founded through private benefaction, and a few have endowments that help to support their routine operation. |
| My second example is the recent establishment of a professorship of Modern Arabic, made possible by a benefaction from the Sultan of Oman. |
| These conferences are made possible through the benefaction of the Barrow Cadbury Trust. |
| Occasionally, a great private patron with local connections might favour the town with a benefaction or by acting as friend at court. |
