Liberal or generous in almsgiving; charitable; (in early use sometimes more generally) †compassionate, merciful (obsolete).

Characterized by charity; charitable.

Full of active charity to others; esp. liberal in almsgiving to the poor.

Of or pertaining to alms or almsgiving; charitable. eleemosynary house, eleemosynary corporation, one established for the distribution of alms, etc.

Of charitable or benevolent tendency. Cf. charitative, adj.