OXFORD 9000
📚 name • entry_id 24829

Charity

Meanings (ES + gloss)
Caridad
A female given name from English.
By Gis and by Saint Charity, / Alack, and fie for shame!
Never did any woman better deserve her name, which was Charity — Aunt Charity, as everybody called her. And like a sister of charity did this charitable Aunt Charity bustle about h…
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📚 noun • entry_id 23968

charity

/ˈtʃæɹɪti/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
entidad benéfica • organización benéfica
An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
The event raised money for local charities.
‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears al…
caridad
Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
act of charity
amor al prójimo • caridad
In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
July 20, 1677, John Mitchell Mason, letter to a friend Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou witl judge others with the judgment of charity.
amor al prójimo • caridad
Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoke…
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