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eleemosynary

adj
/ˌɛl.ɪ.iːˈmɒ.sɪ.nə.ɹi/UK/ˌɛl.ɪˈmɑː.sə.nɛɹ.i/US

Etymology

From Medieval Latin eleēmosynārius (“alms dispenser”), from Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “merciful”) + -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē, “suffix denoting an abstract noun”). Compare Italian elemosina.

  1. derived from ἐλεημοσύνη
  2. derived from eleēmosyna
  3. borrowed from eleēmosynārius

Definitions

  1. Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving.

    • I am bound to say he didn't criticise his benefactors, though practically he got tired of them; she, however, had the highest standards about eleemosynary forms.
    • He did some work for the New York Public Library . . . and also dabbled in eleemosynary science for the Russell Sage Foundation.

  2. Given in charity or alms

    Given in charity or alms; having the nature of alms

    • 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.
    • His spirited refusal of an eleemosynary supply of shoes, arose, no doubt, from a proper pride.
    • Crouch low thy neck to eleemosynary gifts.

  3. Supported by charity

    • [The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution] set the State up as the largest eleemosynary institution in the history of the world.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A beggar

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Derived

eleemosynarily, eleemosynariness, eleemosynary corporation, noneleemosynary, uneleemosynary

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