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Charity   /tʃˈɛrɪti/   Listen
Charity

noun
(pl. charities)
1.
A foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals).
2.
A kindly and lenient attitude toward people.  Synonym: brotherly love.
3.
An activity or gift that benefits the public at large.
4.
Pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers.  Synonyms: Greek valerian, Jacob's ladder, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae.
5.
An institution set up to provide help to the needy.



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"Charity" Quotes from Famous Books



... number of those Jewish immigrants who, lured by the offer of perpetual charity, had of late years come in their thousands to occupy lands provided by their rich co-religionists. But the life of a husbandman soon palled on Karlsberger, accustomed to trade upon the vices of a European city; and ...
— The Valley of the Kings • Marmaduke Pickthall
... of the most celebrated men in the world. The great humane work he founded during the seventy years of his apostolate is destined to remain as one of the highest expressions of modern philanthropy and charity. The Army is an immense federation of hearts and consciences which was created, guided, and led to ...
— The Authoritative Life of General William Booth • George Scott Railton
... my mind to spend the night with the Trappists, even if I was obliged to accept their charity and to allow myself to be classed with those tramps who have no literary pretext for their vagabond ways. Indeed, I had been given to understand by all to whom I had spoken on the subject in the district, that the reverend fathers gave money sometimes to the wayfarer, ...
— Two Summers in Guyenne • Edward Harrison Barker
... instincts of the past, which had been uppermost in his mind when he first came home. His own world, the Griersons and Marlows and Grimmers, would have called him either mad or hopelessly immoral, according to the degree of charity latent in their respective natures; Kelly would have warned him bluntly not to endanger his prospects by being a fool; a mental specialist would have explained that the shock of John Locke's death, coming on top of the ten years of almost continual overstrain in bad climates, ...
— People of Position • Stanley Portal Hyatt
... they sit shivering in their huts even in the height of summer. There is no people in the world so unprovided against inclemency or extremes of weather as they are. They have literally nothing to cover them, to protect them from the summer heat or the winter's cold; nor would any charity be greater than to supply these poor people with clothing. A few blankets, a few Guernsey shirts, and woollen trowsers, would be to them a boon of the first importance, and I would that my voice in their favour could induce the many who are humane and charitable ...
— Expedition into Central Australia • Charles Sturt


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