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Definitions for: Charity
[n] an activity or gift that benefits the public at large
[n] a kindly and lenient attitude toward people
[n] an institution set up to provide help to the needy
[n] a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)
[n] pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]
1. 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.
--Lincoln.
2. 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. --Buckminster.
3. 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. --Dryden.
4. 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.
5. A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support
such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity.
6. 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.
Synonyms: brotherly love, Greek valerian, Jacob's ladder, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae
See Also: alms, alms-giving, benevolence, community chest, establishment, foundation, gift, giving, handout, institution, philanthropic foundation, polemonium, private foundation, public charity, soup kitchen, supernatural virtue, theological virtue
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