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Charitable
Answer for the clue "Charitable ", 12 letters:
eleemosynary
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Eleemosynary may refer to: Eleemosynary, relating to charity or the giving of alms Eleemosynary (play) , a play by Lee Blessing
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [syn: beneficent , benevolent , philanthropic ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eleemosynary \El`ee*mos"y*na*ry\, n.; pl. Eleemosynaries . One who subsists on charity; a dependent. --South.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving. 2 Given in charity or alms; having the nature of alms; as, eleemosynary assistance. 3 Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor. n. (context obsolete English) A beggar
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, from Medieval Latin eleemosynarius "pertaining to alms," from Late Latin eleemosyna "alms," from Greek eleemosyne "pity" (see alms ).
Usage examples of eleemosynary.
Emissary was embodied and costumed as a figure from Eleemosynary mythopoetry, a winged-lion chimera who wore three heads: monkey, hawk, and serpent.
We will no longer need interpreters or Eleemosynary routines to communicate with the Neptunian neuroforms.
THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING by Henry Fielding BOOK I CONTAINING AS MUCH OF THE BIRTH OF THE FOUNDLING AS IS NECESSARY OR PROPER TO ACQUAINT THE READER WITH IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS HISTORY Chapter 1 The introduction to the work, or bill of fare to the feast An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money.
And truly I have observed that those professed Eleemosynaries, though in a croud or multitude, do yet direct and place their petitions on a few and selected persons: there is surely a Physiognomy, which those experienced and Master Mendicants observe, whereby they instantly discover a merciful aspect, and will single out a face wherein they spy the signatures and marks of Mercy.