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Eleemosynary   Listen
adjective
Eleemosynary  adj.  
1.
Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation.
2.
Given in charity or alms; having the nature of alms; as, eleemosynary assistance. "Eleemosynary cures."
3.
Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor.





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"Eleemosynary" Quotes from Famous Books



... a poor ass, who had just turned in with a couple of large panniers upon his back, to collect eleemosynary turnip-tops and cabbage-leaves; and stood dubious, with his two fore-feet on the inside of the threshold, and with his two hinder feet towards the street, as not knowing very well whether he was ...
— The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman • Laurence Sterne


Words linked to "Eleemosynary" :   charitable, benevolent, beneficent


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