单词 | eleemosynary house |
释义 | > as lemmaseleemosynary house 1. Of or pertaining to alms or almsgiving; charitable. eleemosynary house, eleemosynary corporation, one established for the distribution of alms, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [adjective] > relating to charity > charitable almsfulOE charitous1340 charitable?a1400 eleemosynarya1640 caritative1884 a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §293 302 These her eleemosinary acts..are almost vanished. 1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. ix. 659 The Elemosinary House or Hospital for the maintenance of two Capellanes. 1702 in London Gaz. No. 3812/1 Divers Persons to whom Eleemosinary Protections were granted. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. ii. 86 The blind eleemosynary spirit inculcated by the Romish church is notoriously the cause..of beggary. 1865 H. Staunton Great Schools Eng.: Dulwich 502 Three [portions] are assigned to the Educational and one to the Eleemosynary branch. < as lemmas |
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