Crossword clues for charities
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Charity \Char"i*ty\, n.; pl. Charities. [F. charit['e] fr. L. caritas dearness, high regard, love, from carus dear, costly, loved; asin to Skr. kam to wish, love, cf. Ir. cara a friend, W. caru to love. Cf. Caress.]
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Love; universal benevolence; good will.
Now abideth faith, hope, charity, three; but the greatest of these is charity.
--1. Cor. xiii. 13.They, at least, are little to be envied, in whose hearts the great charities . . . lie dead.
--Ruskin.With malice towards none, with charity for all.
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Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others.
The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.
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Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.
The heathen poet, in commending the charity of Dido to the Trojans, spake like a Christian.
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Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.
She did ill then to refuse her a charity.
--L'Estrange. A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity.
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pl. (Law) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions.
The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers.
--Wordsworth.Sisters of Charity (R. C. Ch.), a sisterhood of religious women engaged in works of mercy, esp. in nursing the sick; -- a popular designation. There are various orders of the Sisters of Charity.
Syn: Love; benevolence; good will; affection; tenderness; beneficence; liberality; almsgiving. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. (plural of charity English)
Usage examples of "charities".
Teatime, Secretary, Flaxborough and Eastern Counties Charities Alliance, 31 St Anne’s Gate, Flaxborough.
You can have no idea, Mortimer, of how much room there is in the charities field for proper organization.
Some impression was of course made by the agents of various charities, the guilds and settlements bravely strove at their posts, some of the churches kept their flags flying on the borders of the industrial districts, the Good Samaritans of the Fresh-air Fund were active, the public dispensaries did a thriving business, and the little band of self-sacrificing doctors, most of them women, went their rounds among the poor, the sick, and the friendless.
Literature, society, charities, all that she had read and experienced and thought, was nothing to this, this great unknown anxiety and bliss, this saddest and sweetest of all human experiences.
But I've been hearing what you are doing, and it occurred to me that you must come across a good many cases not in the regular charities that you could help judiciously, get them over hard spots, without encouraging dependence.
As she regained her strength she took up her social duties, and she tried to resume her studies, her music, her reading, and she occupied herself more and more with the charities and the fortunes of her friends who were giving their lives to altruistic work.
Fortunately, her dealings with the charities gave her ideas about where she might discreetly employ a sturdy wagon and skilled driver.
If she defied Niall, she would lose everything—all she had worked for, the funding for her charities, the ball, her place in Denver… and Morgan's life as well.
You will not interfere, in any way, with my charities, and will continue to provide the funds I require to properly maintain them.
After what has happened, I think I can convince Niall to release my fortune so that I can give the charities whatever they require to go on without me.
The money was more than enough to keep Athena's charities going indefinitely, under the care of trusted employees.
The Jew is not a burden on the charities of the state nor of the city.
Over the last few months while LuAnn had remained reclusive inside their mountainside fortress, Charlie had been the point man, meeting with prominent townsfolk, making the rounds of businesses and charities and university officials.
Well, there were, but not one was destined for charities real or contrived.
Sally Smith, at number 35, said that she thought he had worked for various charities and named the British Legion, some of whose members were then traced.