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adjective

eleemosynary

of or relating to charity; charitable

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Six example sentences with eleemosynary, each labelled with its topic.

  • The trust was registered as an eleemosynary body, so its income must go to relief work rather than shareholders.

    Law

  • Medieval hospitals grew from eleemosynary foundations that fed travellers and the poor at the abbey gate each morning.

    History

  • The bank runs an eleemosynary arm that gives away a fixed share of profits to food banks every year.

    Finance

  • The clinic began as an eleemosynary hospital, treating anyone who arrived and asking nothing at the door.

    Medicine

  • Economists count eleemosynary giving separately from spending, since a donated meal never shows up as a sale.

    Economics

  • The row of almshouses was an eleemosynary project, twelve small cottages built around a courtyard for elderly weavers.

    Architecture

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